dbellingradt, 1 month ago German

Walking in style in a library in 1654. The shoes he's wearing while transporting 4 big books in Wolfenbüttel's Herzog August Bibliothek were trending in mid-seventeenth century Europe.

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Image of a contemporary dress of 1635 featuring the then trendy shoes: https://library.sjsu.edu/sites/library.sjsu.edu/files/spexhibit/Leloir8_1635.gif