Author: DEWILDE, B.,
Title: 20 eeuwen Vlas in Vlaanderen. First edn.(only).
Description: Tielt, Lannoo, 1984. sq. sm. thick 4°. orig. cloth, pict. col. dj. 439pp. pict.col. ti.-p., num. col. and plain plates, text-ills, some diagrammes, pict. endpapers after 'Diderot & d'Alembert', bibliogr., iconography, list of abbrev. used, list of sources. Describes in extenso the history, development & future of flax, flax-growing and trading through the ages in Flanders, Belgium, covering a period of 20 centuries: choice of areas, sowing of flax, the biology of the flax-plant analyzed, growth of flax, techniques of preparing of flax-fibres, labour-condition, promotian and application of flax. An excellent review, lavishly illustrated and well-documented. MINT copy. Scarce.

Keywords: flax flaxgrowing trade economy vlas belgium belgie textiles fibres history development