Five hundred points of husbandry : directing what corn, grass, &c. is proper to be sown; what trees to be planted; how land is to be improved: with whatever is fit to be done for the benefit of the farmer in every month of the year. By Thomas Tusser, Esq; To which are added notes and observations explaining many obsolete terms used therein, and what is agreeable to the present Practice in several Counties of this Kingdom. A Work very necessary and useful for Gentlemen, as well as Occupiers of Land, whether Wood-Ground or Tillage and Pasture.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tusser, Thomas, 1524?-1580.

Series:

Eighteenth century collections online. Part 1.

Standardized Title:

Hundreth good pointes of husbandrie

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Agriculture--Early works to 1800.

Agriculture.

Home economics--Early works to 1800.

Home economics.

Physical Description:

2 unnumbered pages,152,145-150 pages : illustrations ; 8⁰

Place of Publication:

London : printed for M. Cooper in Pater-Noster-Row ; and sold by John Duncan in Berkley-Square, near Grovesnor-Street, MDCCXLIV. [1744]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Notes:

An enlarged edition of 'A hundreth good pointes of husbandrie', first published in 1557.

Verse.

The notes are by Daniel Hillman.

Text continuous despite pagination.

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns

Reproduction of original from Harvard University Houghton Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, N7424.

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.