translated by Richard Surflet, edited and augmented by Gervase Markham, third edition in English, title with woodcut printer's device, woodcut illustrations and diagrams, woodcut decorative initials and head-pieces, lacking initial and final blanks, N4 and 2O1 short repaired tear at foot, within text but with only minor loss to part of the odd letter, some water-staining at head and foot, occasional staining or spotting, 20th century cloth, spine gilt, [Bitting p.146-147; Fussell p.13; Goldsmiths' 451; Hunt 202; Kress 353; Poynter 31.1.; Schwerdt I, 166 (first English edition); Simon, BG, 610 (note); STC 10549; Vicaire 345 (French editions)], Printed by Adam Islip for John Bull, 1616; and a copy of the 1702 Lyon edition, folio & 4to (2) *** The first edition edited by Markham. As well as discussing the principles of farming and the layout and surveying of farms it includes chapters on herbs, vegetables, bread, distillation, wines, cider, hunting and falconry. Provenance Edward ?Sayve (17th century ink inscription to title); 'Thomas Hartt owne this Booke 1625' (ink inscription to A5); 'John Glynn - purchased - 12 January 1822' (ink inscription to title).
translated by Richard Surflet, edited and augmented by Gervase Markham, third edition in English, title with woodcut printer's device, woodcut illustrations and diagrams, woodcut decorative initials and head-pieces, lacking initial and final blanks, N4 and 2O1 short repaired tear at foot, within text but with only minor loss to part of the odd letter, some water-staining at head and foot, occasional staining or spotting, 20th century cloth, spine gilt, [Bitting p.146-147; Fussell p.13; Goldsmiths' 451; Hunt 202; Kress 353; Poynter 31.1.; Schwerdt I, 166 (first English edition); Simon, BG, 610 (note); STC 10549; Vicaire 345 (French editions)], Printed by Adam Islip for John Bull, 1616; and a copy of the 1702 Lyon edition, folio & 4to (2) *** The first edition edited by Markham. As well as discussing the principles of farming and the layout and surveying of farms it includes chapters on herbs, vegetables, bread, distillation, wines, cider, hunting and falconry. Provenance Edward ?Sayve (17th century ink inscription to title); 'Thomas Hartt owne this Booke 1625' (ink inscription to A5); 'John Glynn - purchased - 12 January 1822' (ink inscription to title).
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