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During the eighteenth century, Spain relaxed its stringent export
restrictions on Merino sheep, whose notably fine fleeces had long
ensured the reputation of the Spanish woollen industry. Merinos
were introduced around Europe and in 1792 Sir Joseph Banks,
President of the Royal Society, established the first British flock
in George III's gardens at Kew. This book, describing the qualities
and adaptability of the Merino, was originally published in Paris
in 1802 by the French agriculturalist and aristocrat C. P.
Lasteyrie (1759-1849). It appeared in 1810 in this English
translation by Benjamin Thompson (1775/6-1816), a professional
playwright and translator, who was also an unsuccessful
agricultural speculator and, briefly, secretary to the Merino
Society. Documenting the spread of the Merino, regional variations
in breeding regulations and husbandry practices, and wool yields,
prices and taxation, this promotional treatise sheds light on the
history of both agriculture and commodity trading.
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