The English husbandman, . 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. ...
Gervase Markham (c.1569-1637)
Category
Books
Date
1635
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Ham House, Surrey
NT 3127028
Summary
Bibliographic description
[16],227,[1];[16],96;[2],54p. . ill.. . 4to.. Not indigenous. Loosely inserted: clipping from dealer's catalogue, unrelated to provenance. Provenance: Seventeenth-century inscription on title page: P. Warwick. Seventeenth- or eighteenth-century pressmark (?) on flyleaf: J13.9. On title page verso: stamp of Sion College Library, with their pressmark on front pastedown. Twentieth-century bookplate of Sion College Library. Bequeathed to the National Trust by Norman Norris (1917-1991). Inscribed on flyleaf in Norris's hand: H. [i.e. Hodgson's] 27/5 38 Lot 579 Đ4. Loosely inserted: sheets of manuscript notes by Norris. Binding: Seventeenth-century full sprinkled calf over boards; blind fillets to form a border; blind spine fillets; sewn on four raised bands; two holes drilled in upper board; upper board almost detached.
Makers and roles
Gervase Markham (c.1569-1637)