Samuel Hartlib his legacy of husbandry. . Wherein are bequeathed to the common-wealth of England, not onely Braband, and Flanders, but also many more outlandish and domestick experiments and secrets (of Gabriel Plats and others) never heretofore divulged in reference to universal husbandry ...
Samuel Hartlib (d.1662)
Category
Books
Date
1655
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Ham House, Surrey
NT 3114104
Summary
Bibliographic description
[16], 303, [1] p. . 4to.. Not indigenous. Sig. [a4] has blank recto rather than verso; possibly bound in reverse.. Provenance: Bequeathed to the National Trust by Norman Norris (1917-1991). Armorial bookplate: "William Charles De Meuron Earl Fitzwilliam" [William Charles de Meuron Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, 7th Earl Fitzwilliam (1872-1943)] (Not found in Franks). Front pastedown inscribed "Wentworth Woodhouse U/-/-" in Norris's hand.. Binding: Seventeenth-century [?] full sprinkled sheep over boards; blind fillets; spine sewn onto four raised bands.
Makers and roles
Samuel Hartlib (d.1662)