Jaeger Clothing and Sanitary Underwear
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Description
Jaeger, Gustav. Selections from Essays On Health Culture and The Sanitary Woolen
System. New York: Dr Jaeger’s Sanitary Woolen System Co, 1891. First American
Edition of an original medical publication by the founder of Jaeger Clothing.
First American edition of treatise promoting the use of woolen
undergarments for health by Dr. Gustav Jaeger, published by Dr.
Jaeger’s Sanitary Woolen System Company, which survives today as
the UK based Jaeger clothing. Now known for creating outfits worn by the Royal Family, Jaeger first rose to fame with his promotion of natural fiber-based clothing that used wool for wicking. The company’s underwear was extremely popular and even accompanied Ernest Shackleton to the South Pole.
An unusual presentation copy, this
appears to have been a gift from Weinstock, Lubin & Co, a
Sacramento Department Store, perhaps in connection with a
purchase of Jaeger woolen undergarments. Includes two plates of
wool fiber diagrams.
216pp, small 8vo, green embossed cloth boards.
Corners bumped and worn. Spine bruised. Small stain to lower
front board. Nick to backboard edge. Bookblock darkened. Large
stain on front pastedown and free endpapers. Presentation
inscription on front free endpaper reads, “Compliments of
Weinstock, Lubin & Co”. Good condition.
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