The Reverend, Hys Bigge Booke of Leather

This page contains sample chapters from the book that started it all. The introduction gives much of the background, but due to being defrocked by a database crash at the ULC, I’m no longer a real reverend. I do play one on TV.

The Reverend, His Byg Boke of Leather

Being an Treatise in six Chapters:

Table of Contents and the self-indulgent

Introduction

Chapter 1 Expounding the Nature of The Industry in Seventeenth century London and Environs;

Chapter 2 Stout and decorative Footwear;

Chapter 3 Gloves, Defensive and Offensive clothing;

Chapter 4 Accessories and Personal Items of a Military and Civill nature;

Chapter 5 Vessels, bottels and other moulded containers;

Chapter 6 Chests, Tentage and other Travell and Campynge goods, such as a Gentleman or Woman may find themselves in need of in the field.

And appendicies thus:

Appendix the first; oddities found by the author which, for reasons of brevity, use,or convenience didn’t fit elsewhere;

Appendix; the types of leather, stitches, means of colouring and basic assembly; secundus

Appendix the thyrde; an dodgy and dated list of supplyers to conclude.

The Bibliography wherein the Reverend attempts to appear well-read.