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
Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire
NT 3237456
Summary
Bibliographic description
Newlie reviewed, corrected, and inlarged by the first author, G.M.. [16],227,[1];[16],96;[2],54p.. ill... 4to. Accession no. 4474. Catalogued from Barber catalogue. Imperfect: this appears to be pt. 3 only. Provenance: Bequest of James de Rothschild, 1957. Binding: early nineteenth-century English green half morocco with brown paper boards, gilt spine with a fisherman's creel top and bottom. Gilt edges, brown pastedowns. Attributed to Thomas Gosden on the evidence of the creel tool.
Makers and roles
Gervase Markham (c.1569-1637)