Item #2343534 Stockings for a Queen: The Life of the Rev. William Lee, the Elizabethan Inventor. Milton N. Grass, Anna.

Stockings for a Queen: The Life of the Rev. William Lee, the Elizabethan Inventor

New York: A.S. Barnes & Co., 1969. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine / Very Good. Item #2343534
ISBN: 0498069109

First American edition. Jacket edges rubbed, edges lightly foxed.

xvi, 188 pp. William Lee (1563 - 1614) was an English clergyman and inventor who devised the first stocking frame knitting machine in 1589, the only one in use for centuries. Its principle of operation remains in use. Lee was born in the village of Calverton, Nottinghamshire.

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