Address to the Society for the Improvement of British Wool; constituted at Edinburgh, on Monday, January 31, 1791.
Rare and modern books
Sinclair (Sir John)
Printed for T. Cadell, 1791.,
Address to the Society for the Improvement of British Wool; constituted at Edinburgh, on Monday, January 31, 1791.
Rare and modern books
Sinclair (Sir John)
Printed for T. Cadell, 1791.,
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- Author
- Sinclair (Sir John)
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- Printed for T. Cadell, 1791.
- Keyword
- ECONOMICS ANTIQUARIAN WOOL SHEEP TRADE COMMERCE PAMPHLETS, AGRICULTURE
Description
Second Edition, with the final advert. leaf G4, [4], 46, [2] pp., disbound. Sir John Sinclair inaugurated the British Wool Society at a large sheep-shearing festival held in 1791 at Newhalls Inn, Queensferry. He is credited with initiating these sheep-shearings which were later developed by Francis Russell, the fifth Duke of Bedford. Kress, B2206; Goldsmith, 14668.
