The Exeter Cloth Dispatch Book, 1763-1765 (Hardcover)
Language: English
Published by Devon & Cornwall Record Society, Exeter, 2021
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Hardcover. Winner of the Best Books on Devon's History: Academic Award from the Devon History SocietyA richly illustrated exploration of the national and international importance of the early modern Exeter cloth trade.This book reproduces a newly discovered manuscript detailing the exports of Claude Passavant, a Swiss emigre merchant. Passavant's dispatch book comprises the most extensive surviving collection of Devon cloth with 2,475 surviving cloth samples. Thirteen chapters discuss the local and wider contexts of eighteenth-century cloth making. This study explores the quality, range, and vibrancy of cloth that lead to Exeter becoming an internationally renowned centre for the manufacture and trade of woollen cloth. Winner of the Best Books on Devon's History: Academic Award from the Devon History SocietyA richly illustrated exploration of the national and international importance of the early modern Exeter cloth trade. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…
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- Title
- The Exeter Cloth Dispatch Book, 1763-1765 (Hardcover)
- Author
- Todd Gray
- Publisher
- Devon & Cornwall Record Society, Exeter
- Publication year
- 2021
- Condition
- new
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0901853631
- ISBN 13
- 9780901853639
A richly illustrated exploration of the national and international importance of the early modern Exeter cloth trade.
This book reproduces a newly discovered manuscript detailing the exports of Claude Passavant, a Swiss émigré merchant. Passavant's dispatch book comprises the most extensive surviving collection of Devon cloth with 2,475 surviving cloth samples. Thirteen chapters discuss the local and wider contexts of eighteenth-century cloth making. This study explores the quality, range, and vibrancy of cloth that lead to Exeter becoming an internationally renowned centre for the manufacture and trade of woollen cloth.
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