Samuel Hartlib his legacy of husbandry : wherein are bequeathed to the common-wealth of England, not onely Braband, and Flanders, but also many more outlandish and domestick experiments and secrets (of Gabriel Plats and others) never heretofore divulged in reference to universal husbandry : with a table shewing the general contents or sections of the several augmentations and enriching enlargements in this third edition.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hartlib, Samuel, -1662.

Contributor:

Dymock, Cressy.

Child, Robert, approximately 1612-1654.

Wodenothe, Richard, bookseller.

Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

English Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Standardized Title:

Samuel Hartlib his legacie

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Agriculture--England--Early works to 1800.

Agriculture.

Agriculture--Belgium--Early works to 1800.

Agriculture--France--Early works to 1800.

France.

Belgium.

England.

Physical Description:

16 unnumbered pages, 303 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 19 cm (4to.)

Edition:

[The third edition].

Fingerprint:

3.0. 3.1. tach anCh (3) 1655 (A)

Place of Publication:

London : Printed by J. M. for Richard Wodnothe, in Leadenhall Street next to the Golden-Hart, 1655.

Notes:

Originally published in 1651 as: Samuel Hartlib his legacie.

Marginal notes.

Consists chiefly of letters to Hartlib apparently written by Cressy Dymock, though most are attributed by some authorities to Robert Child (cf. Dircks).

Errors in pagination: p. 189 and 200 misnumbered 199; p. 291 misnumbered 29.

Final page is blank.

Signatures: A⁴ a⁴ B-2Q⁴.

Local Notes:

Culture Class Collection copy preliminary page 15-16 misbound.

Culture Class Collection copy has marginal marks and ms. annotations.

Cited in:

Wing (CD-ROM, 1996), H991

Turnbull G.H. Hartlib, 37

Dircks, H. Biog. memoir of Samuel Hartlib, p. 70

ESTC, R3211

OCLC:

1076849