The English Husbandman. The first Part: Contayning the Knowledge of the true Nature of every Soyle within this Kingdome: how to Plow it; and the manner of the Plough, and other Instruments belonging thereto. Together With The Art of Planting, Grafting, and Gardening after our latest and rarest fashion. A worke never written before by any Author: and now newly compiled for the benefit of this Kingdome

Markham, Gervaise

Published by Printed by T.S. for John Browne, and are to be sold at his shop in in Saint Dunstanes Church-yard, London, 1613

About this Item

4to., 18cm.; 346pp., missing blank front fly leaf and G1 and G4, G4 is the rear blank fly leaf with no loss of text; 7 text illustrations; Contemporary limp vellum binding with inked author, title and date to spine. Japanese tissue repair applied to several pages, including title. Front vellum cover lined. Contains a few small contemporary manuscript marginalia/notations on rear flyleaf, including a drawing of a rooster and previous owners name (Thomas Wellington). Vellum stiffened and pages show soiling, top-edge shows coal dust. Presented in a full-calf, blind-tooled clamshell with gilt lettering. The English Husbandman includes the first layout of an English house to appear in print. (Cooper) (Fussell I).

Seller Inventory # 6

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The English Husbandman. The first Part: Contayning the Knowledge of the true Nature of every Soyle within this Kingdome: how to Plow it; and the manner of the Plough, and other Instruments belonging thereto. Together With The Art of Planting, Grafting, and Gardening after our latest and rarest fashion. A worke never written before by any Author: and now newly compiled for the benefit of this Kingdome
• Publisher: Printed by T.S. for John Browne, and are to be sold at his shop in in Saint Dunstanes Church-yard, London
• Publication Date: 1613
• Binding: Limp vellum
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Good +
• Seller catalogs:
  • Agriculture - Britain
  • Agricultural History