|
Showing 1 - 25 of
31 matches in All Departments
In 1751, John Holker (1719-1786), an English textile manufacturer
exiled in France, undertook an industrial espionage mission to
England to collect samples of English textiles on behalf of the
French king, Louis XV. On his return, the samples were assembled in
a manuscript volume, which is now preserved at the Museum of
Decorative Arts in Paris. Each sample in this album is accompanied
by a handwritten technical description specifying the quality of
the fabric, its price, its dimensions and the manufacturing
processes. This album is famous for preserving the oldest
identifiable samples of jean fabric. Completely bilingual, the book
includes a facsimile reproduction of the album, accompanied by a
transcription of its handwritten text and a dozen essays. The
essays, written by academics, curators and specialists from France,
Britain, and North America, explore the album from various angles:
the globalisation of commerce, the slave trade, industrial
espionage, economic rivalry between France and England, the taste
for cotton and its role in the history of fashion, etc. The book
demonstrates the importance of centuries-old links between France
and the United Kingdom and is an indispensable work of reference
for the history of textiles. Text in English and French.
Interspersed With Various Observations Explanatory And Illustrative
Of His Character And Works.
Title: The life of David Brainerd, missionary to the Indians: with
an abridgement of his diary and journal: from President
Edwards.Author: John StylesPublisher: Gale, Sabin Americana
Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography,
Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a
collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the
Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s.
Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and
exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U.S. Civil War
and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and
abolition, religious history and more.Sabin Americana offers an
up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere,
encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North
America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th
century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and
South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights
the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary
opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to
documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts,
newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and
more.Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of
original works are available via print-on-demand, making them
readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars,
and readers of all ages.++++The below data was compiled from
various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this
title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to
insure edition identification: ++++SourceLibrary: Huntington
LibraryDocumentID: SABCP03369400CollectionID:
CTRG00-B1309PublicationDate: 18120101SourceBibCitation: Selected
Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to
AmericaNotes: Library's copy imperfect: p. 1]- 2] of pref. shorn
with loss of text.Collation: 4], 13]-322 p
|
|