Textilia Linnaeana

Global 18th Century Textile Traditions & Trade

 €65.00

The seventeen Linnaeus Apostles were early scientific global travellers; young men who during half a century travelled to more than fifty countries on all seven continents under commission of the famous Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus, Academies of Sciences, East India Companies or private patrons. Along with several expeditions, where some of the Apostles were engaged and participated – on James Cook’s first and second circumnavigations, in the Danish scientific expedition to South Arabia and the Imperial Academy of Sciences’ expeditions in Russia.

In these travellers’ extensive 18th century journals, scientific instructions, correspondence etc., together with Linnaeus’ own works; various textile traditions and clothes were taken into account. Like descriptions of wool and woollen cloth, the manufacturing process of indigo, the importance of the commerce via the Silk Road and other caravan routes as well as the East India trade of luxury fabrics, linens, textile dyes and much more via harbours in Cadix, Madeira, St Helena, the Cape, Surat, Java and Canton in the main.

This beautiful monograph – as No. V in the Mundus Linnæi Series – is published in an edition of 350 numbered copies only. The production follows many hundreds of years’ old craft traditions, where exclusively the best materials for paper, print and book-binding have been used. Among its qualities; the volume is elegantly sewn and cloth bound, additionally including coloured edges and both headband and bookmark of silk. A volume with a long-lasting value over generations. Textilia Linnaeana – Global 18th Century Textile Traditions & Trade is Viveka Hansen’s sixth book over 25 years.