Manuscript on paper entitled “Adicion,” containing an edict

by Philip V. 8 unnumbered leaves by Silk

$1,250 · Offered by Jonathan A. Hill Bookseller · No longer available

Folio 295 x 205 mm. , attractive antique marbled boards. Spain: ca. 1737. An unrecorded manuscript addition to an edict issued by Philip V in 1737, renewing a 1699 Spanish ban on foreign silk imports. At this time, Spain had a robust silk industry, centered in cities such as Sevilla and Valencia. This documents a survey of Spain’s silk production in the 1730s and predicts the benefits that will come with augmented isolationist economic

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