Maison rustique, or The countrey farmeʺ . Compyled in the French tongue by Charles Steuens, and Iohn Liebault, Doctors of Physicke. And translated into English by Richard Surflet, practitioner in physicke. Now newly reuiewed, corrected, and augmented, with diuers large additions, out of the works of Serres his Agriculture, Vinet his Maison champestre, French. Albyterio in Spanish, Grilli in Italian; and other authors. And the husbandrie of France, Italie, and Spaine, reconciled and made to agree with ours here in England: by Geruase Markham. The whole contents are in the page following.
Charles Estienne (1504-1564)
Category
Books
Date
1616
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Ham House, Surrey
NT 3030024
Summary
Bibliographic description
[20], 732, [24] p. . ill.. (woodcuts) . fol.. Not indigenous. Imperfect: one preliminary leaf and final leaf wanting.. Provenance: Late nineteenth-century bookplate: W. H. B. Fletcher M.A. [i.e. William Holland Ballett Fletcher (1852-1941), of Aldwick Manor, Bognor Regis, West Sussex, now restored to its earlier name of Hotham Park]. Bequeathed to the National Trust by Norman Norris (1917-1991). Inscribed on pastedown in Norris's hand: S. [Sotheby's] 17/6 '41 Lot 490 Đ4-5. Aldwich Manor, Bognor.. Binding: Seventeenth-century full calf over boards; blind fillets; rebacked in nineteenth-century, but new backing disintegrating; nineteenth-century endpapers
Makers and roles
Charles Estienne (1504-1564) Jean Libault (1535-1596) Gervase Markham (c.1569-1637) Richard Surflet (fl.1600-1616)