Markhams farwell to husbandry or, The inriching of all sorts of barren and sterill grounds in our kingdome, to be as fruitfull in all manner of graine, pulse, and grasse as the best grounds whatsoeuer : together with the anoyances, and preseruation of all graine and seede, from one yeare to many yeares : as also a husbandly computation of men and cattels dayly labours, their expences, charges, and vttermost profits : attained by trauell and experience, being a worke neuer before handled by any author : and published for the good of the whole kingdome.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Markham, Gervase, 1568?-1637, author.

Contributor:

Beale, John, active 1620-1640, printer.

Mathewes, Augustine, active 17th century, printer.

Jackson, Roger, -1625, bookseller.

Sangorski & Sutcliffe, binder.

M.A. Shaaber Fund for the Furness Shakespeare Library.

STC Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Standardized Title:

Farewell to husbandry

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Agriculture--England--Early works to 1800.

Agriculture.

England.

Genre:

Early works.

Penn Provenance:

Lawes Agricultural Trust (stamp) (Kislak Center copy)

Sangorski & Sutcliffe (stamp) (Kislak Center copy)

Physical Description:

[8], 160 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm (4to)

Other Title:

Markhams farwell to hvsbandry or, The inriching of all sorts of barren and sterill grounds in our kingdome, to be as fruitfull in all manner of graine, pulse, and grasse as the best grounds whatsoeuer

Markhams farwell to husbandry

Markham's farewell to husbandry

Inriching of all sorts of barren and sterill grounds in our kingdome, to be as fruitfull in all manner of graine, pulse, and grasse as the best grounds whatsoeuer

Inriching of all sorts of grounds

Fingerprint:

M.e. west aych wi(w (3) 1620 (A)

Place of Publication:

London : Printed by I[ohn]. B[eale and Augustine Mathewes]. for Roger Iackson, and are to be sold at his shop neere Fleete-streete Conduit, 1620.

Notes:

Dedication signed: Geruase Markham.

Running title reads: The inriching of all sorts of grounds.

Printers' names from STC: "Mathewes pr[inted]. quires H to the end."

Signatures: [par.]⁴ A-V⁴.

Woodcut illustrations, initials, head- and tail-piece.

Printed marginalia.

Type ornament title ornament and head-pieces.

Also issued, with title page cancelled, as part 1 of his: A way to get wealth, 1623.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center copy purchased for the Penn Libraries in 2022 from Antiquates Fine & Rare Books.

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the M.A. Shaaber Fund for the Furness Shakespeare Library.

Kislak Center copy has stamp ("LAWES [...]GRICULTURAL TRUST") of Lawes Agricultural Trust on front pastedown.

Kislak Center copy bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe (with their stamp on verso of front free endpaper) in full polished marbled calf; 5 raised bands on spine; gold-stamped red morocco title label and gold-stamped brown morocco label with author's surname on spine; imprint date stamped in gold at foot of spine; marbled endpapers; gilt tops.

Cited in:

STC (2nd ed.) 17372

ESTC S112107

OCLC:

43156833