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The author, a weaver, proposes that the Scottish wool trade would be best served by emulating used in Norfolk

first & only edition


MELVILL, Thomas.

The True Caledonian, addressed to the people of Scotland, containing an examination of the arguments advanced against the woollen-manufactures of this kingdom, in a late book, intituled The interest of Scotland considered... together with a scheme for promoting our woolen-manufactures.

Edinburgh, P. Matthie, 1734.

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The first and only edition of Thomas Melvill's treatise on the wool trade. The author, a weaver, proposes that the Scottish woollen industry would be best served by emulating the methods for the production of fine quality woollen goods used in Norwich and finds fault with the arguments advanced to the contrary by Patrick Lindsay in The Interest of Scotland Considered (Edinburgh, 1733).

First and only edition; 8vo (11.5 x 18cm); title-page with a few fox marks; modern patterned wrappers; 40pp.

ESTC T76896; Goldsmiths' 7198; Hanson 4683; Kress 4190.

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The author, a weaver, proposes that the Scottish wool trade would be best served by emulating used in Norfolk

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