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This fantastic book originally published in 1898 shows how to tailor different clothes, how to measure a person and it includes several cuts and grafics.
Example from the book "how to take measure":
BUST. Stand behind the lady this measure is taken over the most prominent point of the bust and well up over the shoulder blades in the back take this measure easy, "not tight," just so that the tape line will be smooth put this measure down 1 inch more than the tape line calls for " do not forget this." [...]

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