The perfect husbandman, or the art of husbandry. In four books. I. Of the farm or mansion-house, offices, and accomadations of arable ground, pasture, and medow. II. Of gardens, orchards, and woods. III. Of breeding, feeding, and curing of all manner of cattel. IV. Of poultry, fowle, fish, and bees, with the whole art (according to these last times) of breeding, and dyeting the fighting cock, and the art of angling. By C.H. B.C. and C.M. ingenious artists.

All titles

• The perfect husbandman, or the art of husbandry. In four books. I. Of the farm or mansion-house, offices, and accomadations of arable ground, pasture, and medow. II. Of gardens, orchards, and woods. III. Of breeding, feeding, and curing of all manner of cattel. IV. Of poultry, fowle, fish, and bees, with the whole art (according to these last times) of breeding, and dyeting the fighting cock, and the art of angling. By C.H. B.C. and C.M. ingenious artists.
• Rei rusticae libri quatuor. English
• Art of husbandry Perfect husbandman

People / Organizations

• Conrad Heresbach (Author)
• Thomas Basset ("printed by and for", or "by/for and sold by")

Imprint

London: printed and are to be sold by Thomas Basset in St Dunstans Church-yard in Fleet-street, 1658. [i.e. 1657]

Added name

Googe, Barnabe, 1540-1594, tr. Markham, Gervase, 1568?-1637, ed.

Publication year

1657

ESTC No.

R207613

Grub Street ID

83974

Description

[2], 64, 61-104, 103-385, [1] p. ; 4⁰

Note

A translation by Googe, Barnabe, with additions by Markham, Gervase, of Heresbach, Conrad. Rei rusitcae libri quatuor.

Consists of the sheets of STC 13202, with a new title page, and lacking the front matter.

C.H. = Conrad Heresbach; B.G. = Barnabe Googe; G.M. = Gervase Markham.

Annotation on Thomason copy: "Nouemb 7"; 8 in imprint date crossed out and "7" written in.