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Record Nr.

UNISA996387498903316

Autore

Markham Gervase <1568?-1637.>

Titolo

The English husbandman [[electronic resource] ] : drawne into two bookes, and each booke into tvvo parts. The first part contayning the knowledge of husbandly duties, the nature of all sorts of soiles within this kingdome, the manner of tillage, the diversity of ploughes, and all other instruments. The second part containing the art of planting, grafting, and gardening, the vse of the vine, the hopgarden, and the preservation of all sorts of fruits, the draught of all sorts of knots, mazes, and other ornaments. Newlie reviewed, corrected, and inlarged by the first author, G.M

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Printed [by Augustine Mathewes and John Norton] for William Sheares, and are to be sold at his shops in Britaines Bursse, and neere Yorke-house, 1635

Descrizione fisica

[16], 227, [1]; [16], 96; [2], 54 p. : ill. (woodcuts)

Soggetti

Agriculture - England

Gardening - England

Fishing - England

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Dedication signed: Gervase Markham.

Augustine Mathewes printed part 1 (STC).

The first leaf is blank.

Part 2, "The second booke of the English husbandman", and part 3, "The pleasures of princes" each have separate register and pagination, and separate dated title page with imprint: London, Printed by Iohn Norton, for William Sheares, and are to be sould at the Harrow in the new Exchange, and neere Yorke-house in the Strand. 1635.

Part 1 was first published as STC 17355, parts 2 and 3 as STC 17356.

A variant (STC 17358) has Henry Taunton in the imprint as publisher.

Reproduction of the original in the British Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0018