Two technical works on the weaving of fabrics, LOIR (J.), Theory of Silk Fabric Weaving, Desvignes & Cie, Lyon, 1923–1928, three tomes combined into five volumes, illustrated with numerous technical diagrams; the weaves of the fabrics described are also represented by selected samples. Folio size, bound in marbled fawn half-basane with filleted corners and faux raised bands on the spine. VILLARD (C.), Manual of Weaving Theory, A. Rey, printer, Lyon, 1948. A treatise on weaving in two volumes comprising 161 illustrations. Quarto, paperback.