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[PDF / Epub] ★ Selling Silks: A Merchant's Sample Book By Lesley Ellis Miller – Lisa-grunwald.co In 1764 British customs confiscated a book containing hundreds of samples of different ualities of silks from French agents who were attempting to sell them illegally in London This merchant’s sample[PDF / Epub] ★ Selling Silks: A Merchant's Sample Book By Lesley Ellis Miller – Lisa-grunwald.co In 1764 British customs confiscated a book containing hundreds of samples of different ualities of silks from French agents who were attempting to sell them illegally in London This merchant’s sample In British customs confiscated A Merchant's PDF/EPUB ì a book containing hundreds of samples of different ualities of silks from French agents who were attempting to sell them illegally in London This merchant’s sample book was acuired in by the Victoria and Albert Museum and today it provides a fascinating record of the th century French and English silk industries and their commercial practices Alongside a full a.

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