RALEIGH, Sir Walter Alexander (1861-1922). Literary scholar & historian.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 2 pages 8vo, The Hangings, Ferry Hinksey, Oxford, 13 December 1913. Discussing the introduction of the differentiation between the left and the right shoe.

'... I suppose in Swift's time they were made the same and in Shakespeare's time (as Tudor pictures show) right as left. We need a "History of Boots and Shoes". ...'

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