Observations on British wool, and the manufacturing of it in this Kingdom. With remarks on the wool, and woollen manufactories of France, Flanders and Holland, &c. Shewing the Nature of the British Wool in its full Perfection, and its peculiar Goodness, exceeding all other Combing Wool, and the Advantages we may have from it; the Loss and Ruin it will infallibly bring to this Nation by being Run into Foreign Parts, and how and why it is Destructive: With the Rise and Progress of the Woollen Manufactories Abroad, occasion'd by its being Run. To which is annex'd, A Playcart or Proclamation, for Preserving the Woollen Manufactures in Flanders, publish'd in the Year 1731. Also an Address to the Parliament of Great-Britain, shewing the Advantage it is to the Landed Interest to keep our Wool at Home; with an Addition of several Facts of Wool and Yarn being seized, which have come to my Knowledge since the first Publication. By a manufacturer of Northamptonshire.
- Munn, John.
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- [1739]
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Publication/Creation
London : printed by H. Kent, for the author: and sold by Simon Vertue, at the Sun in Swithin's-Ally near the Royal-Exchange. Also by the booksellers and pamphlet shops of London and Westminster, [1739]
Physical description
[8],62p. ; 40.
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Edition
The second edition, with additions.
References note
ESTC T99196
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. (Eighteenth century collections online). Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.