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Markhams farewell to husbandry: or, the enriching of all sorts of barren and steril grounds in our kingdome, to be as fruitfull ion all manner of graine, pulse, and grasse, as the best grounds whatsoever. Together with the annoyances, and preservation of all graine and seed, from one yeare to many yeares. As also a husbandly computation of men and cattels daily labours, their expences, charges, and utmost profits. For the bettering of arable pasture, and wooddy grounds. Of making good all grounds againe, spoiled with overflowing of salt vvater by sea-breaches: as also, the enriching of the hop-garden; and many other things never published before.
LIBRA STC 17375
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Van Pelt - Microtext STC I Reel 814:2.
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- Format:
- Microformat
- Author/Creator:
- Markham, Gervase, 1568?-1637.
- Series:
- Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 814:2.
- Standardized Title:
- Farewell to husbandry
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Agriculture--England--Early works to 1800.
- Agriculture.
- Soils--England--Early works to 1800.
- Soils.
- England.
- Physical Description:
- 12 unnumbered pages, 158 pages : illustrations
- 35 mm
- monochrome
- service copy
- positive
- Edition:
- The fourth time, revised, corrected, and amended, together with many new additions, and cheape experiments.
- Other Title:
- Markhams farewell to husbandry
- Enriching of all sorts of barren and steril grounds in our kingdome.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Printed by Edvvard Griffin for Iohn Harison, at the signe of the golden Vnicorne in Pater-noster-row, 1638.
- Notes:
- On title page, edition statement follows "profits".
- Another issue of STC 17372, published in 1620.
- Also issued, with title page cancelled, as part 1 of STC 17395.3: Gervase Markham. A way to get wealth (1623).
- Also issued as part 5 of STC 17397: Gervase Markham. A way to get wealth (1638).
- Some print faded and show-through; some pages slightly stained.
- Reproduction of the original in the British Library.
- Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1959. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (Early English books, 1475-1640; 814:02). s1959 miun a
- Cited in:
- STC (2nd ed.) 17375.
- OCLC:
- 61335321
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