1599. Fiue hundreth pointes of good husbandrie : as well for the champion or open countrie, as also for the woodland or seuerall, mixed in euery month with huswiferie, ouer and besides the booke of huswifery. Corrected, better ordered, and newlie augmented to a fourth part more, with diuers other lessons, as a diet for the farmer, of the properties of winds, planets, hops, herbs, bees, and approoued remedies for sheepe and cattell, with manie other matters both profitable and not vnpleasant for the reader. Also a table of husbandrie at the beginning of this booke: and another of huswiferie at the end, for the better and easier finding of any matter conteined in the same. Newlie set foorth by Thomas Tusser Gentleman.
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1599. Fiue hundreth pointes of good husbandrie : as well for the champion or open countrie, as also for the woodland or seuerall, mixed in euery month with huswiferie, ouer and besides the booke of huswifery. Corrected, better ordered, and newlie augmented to a fourth part more, with diuers other lessons, as a diet for the farmer, of the properties of winds, planets, hops, herbs, bees, and approoued remedies for sheepe and cattell, with manie other matters both profitable and not vnpleasant for the reader. Also a table of husbandrie at the beginning of this booke: and another of huswiferie at the end, for the better and easier finding of any matter conteined in the same. Newlie set foorth by Thomas Tusser Gentleman.
Uniform title
Hundreth good pointes of husbandrie
Created/published
At London : Printed by Peter Short, dwelling on Bredstreete hill at the signe of the Starre, [1599]
Description
162, [2] p. ; (4to)
Associated name
Tusser, Thomas, 1524?-1580, author.
Harmsworth, R. Leicester (Robert Leicester), Sir, 1870-1937, former owner.
Harmsworth, R. Leicester (Robert Leicester), Sir, 1870-1937, former owner.
Note
An enlarged edition of "A hundreth good pointes of husbandrie", first published in 1557.
In verse.
Signatures: A-K⁸ L².
In verse.
Signatures: A-K⁸ L².
ESTC staff note
Signatures from DFo.
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2019. First Chefs. Opening: Closed and upright.
Cited/described in
Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.) (STC), 24385.5
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S123310
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S123310
Genre/form
Annotations.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Item Details
Call number
STC 24385.2
Folger-specific note
HH206/19. Cambridge-style binding; re-backed. Deckle edges. MS. bibliographical note on front free endpaper signed: "L.H." Print show-through. Provenance: Sotheby's sale, 3/4/[19]29, Lot 407; Harmsworth copy