Author : Chetham Society
Release : 2018-03-04
Genre : Social Science
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 521/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Remains, Historical and Literary, Connected With the Palatine Counties of Lancaster and Chester, Vol. 43 (Classic Reprint) by : Chetham Society
Download or read book Remains, Historical and Literary, Connected With the Palatine Counties of Lancaster and Chester, Vol. 43 (Classic Reprint) written by Chetham Society. This book was released on 2018-03-04. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Remains, Historical and Literary, Connected With the Palatine Counties of Lancaster and Chester, Vol. 43 History of the English people. In this respect it is believed to be without parallel. N 0 other known accounts, of that or any earlier period, have so wide a range, a continuity so little broken, or so long a duration. The history of prices in England anterior to the seventeenth century, has yet to be written, and probably there is no publication extant containing so ample a store of material for such a history, as the volume now before the reader. It is, indeed, emphatically a Book of Prices of farm and other rural labour, domestic service in various grades, the wages or payments of handicraftsmen and artizans, the cost of every article used as food, apparel, furniture, or for any purpose of life. It records the prices of all kinds of live stock, cattle, horses, sheep, pigs, poultry, &c.; of butcher's meat, wild-fowl, game, and fish, whether of the stream or the sea, fresh and cured. Spices and groceries, chandlery and fuel, earthen and treen ware, glass and cutlery, bedding and furniture, in short, everything needed for a household has here its name and cost recorded. It throws great light on the prices of textile fabrics, whether of woollen or linen, cotton or silk, from the coarsest canvas and baize to the finest lace, satin and taffeta. Blankets, sheets, towelling, and every variety of stuff for wear and use, will be found named. In attire, nothing is wanting, from hat and Wig to the very shoe ties. Doublet and jerkin, cloak and gown, hose and nether-stocks, boots, shoes, and slippers, are here specified, with the exact sums paid for materials and for making, even to the needles and thread, the inkle, tags. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
