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Marchands en Gros, Fifteenth Century

Marchands en Gros, Fifteenth Century.jpg European Trade Routes in the 14th CenturyThumbnailsSettlers trading with the indiansEuropean Trade Routes in the 14th CenturyThumbnailsSettlers trading with the indiansEuropean Trade Routes in the 14th CenturyThumbnailsSettlers trading with the indiansEuropean Trade Routes in the 14th CenturyThumbnailsSettlers trading with the indiansEuropean Trade Routes in the 14th CenturyThumbnailsSettlers trading with the indians

The last cut is taken from the painted glass at Tournay of the fifteenth century, and represents marchands en gros. This illustration of a warehouse with the merchant and his clerk, and the men and the casks and bales, and the great scales, in full tide of business, is curious and interesting.