Author: Michel, Francisque Xavier.
Title: Recherches sur le commerce, la fabrication et l'usage des étoffes de soie, d'or et d'argent et autres tissus précieux en Occident, principalement en France, pendant le moyen âge.
Description: Paris, Grapelet, 1852-1854. 2 vols. IV,386. 580 pp. Contemp. uniform red h.mor., gilt title on spines; spine raised in compartments, marbled covers & endpapers. 8vo. - Some foxing; each vol. with two bookplates.Important study by Francisque Xavier Michel (1809-1887) on the trade, manufacture and use of fabrics of silk, gold and silver and other precious fabrics in the west, mainly in France during the Middle Ages.

Keywords: Textile Silk Textiel Zijde