Smith, John - Chronicon Rusticum-Commerciale, 1747 (ESTC T99998)

Chronicon Rusticum-Commerciale; or, Memoirs of Wool, &c. Being A Collection of History and Argument, concerning Woolen Manufature and Woolen Trade in general; particularly the Rise, Progress, Improvements, Declensions, Revolutions, and the respective Causes thereof (with a View of the different Prices of Wool, at certain distant Periods) in England; as given by a Succession of Writers, from ancient down to the present Times. Also An Account of the several Laws, from Time to Time made, and of many Schemes offered, for preventing the Exportation of raw Wool; likewise of other Expedients for preserving, and promoting the Interest of the Kingdom, in that Commodity manufactures: With occasional Notes, Dissertations, and Reflections upon the whole. By John Smith, L.L. B. In Two Volumes