The Exeter Cloth Dispatch Book, 1763-1765

The Exeter Cloth Dispatch Book, 1763-1765 - Devon and Cornwall Record Society

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Publisher's Synopsis

Winner of the Best Books on Devon's History: Academic Award from the Devon History Society 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.

Book information

ISBN: 9780901853639
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Imprint: Devon and Cornwall Record Society
Pub date:
DEWEY: 381.45677310
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 352
Weight: 1092g
Height: 179mm
Width: 247mm
Spine width: 37mm