Maison rustique, or, The countrey farme / compyled in the French tongue by Charles Steuens, and Iohn Liebault, doctors of physicke, and translated into English by Richard Surflet, practitioner in physicke.

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"First edition of Markham's revised English translation of Charles Estienne and Jean Liebault's important late 16th century work on husbandry, gardening and country living. In this work, Markham, the most prolific English writer on agriculture and farming in the first half of the 17th century, adapt...

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Uniform Title:Agriculture et maison rustique. English
Main Authors: Estienne, Charles, 1504-approximately 1564 (Author)
Liébault, Jean, approximately 1535-1596 (Author)
Other Authors: Markham, Gervase, 1568?-1637 (Editor)
Serres, Olivier de, 1539-1619
Vinet, Elie, 1509-1587
Surflet, Richard, active 1600-1616 (Translator)
Islip, Adam, -1639 (Printer)
Bill, John, -1630 (Publisher)
Language:English
Language of the Original:
French
Published: London : Printed by Adam Islip for Iohn Bill, 1616.
Edition:Now newly reuiewed, corrected and augmented, with diuers large additions out of the works of Serres his Agriculture, Vinet his Maison champestre, French, Albyterio in Spanish, Grilli in Italian, and other authors, and the husbandrie of France, Italie, and Spaine reconciled and made to agree with ours here in England /
Subjects:
Agriculture > Early works to 1800.
Gardening > Early works to 1800.
Hunting > Early works to 1800.
MSU: Insertions (Provenance)
Genre:
Early works to 1800.
MSU: Insertions (Provenance)
Ownership and Custodial History:
Pencilled annotation on second front fly-leaf: 10/6 J.R. Smith, 1849.
Engraved armorial bookplate on front paste-down (motto: Laus Deo).
An 18-line commentary on this edition has been penned on the front fly-leaf.
Clippings from the Sotheby, Wilkinson, & Hodge sale of the library of William Bates (1886), on front paste-down.
Numerous penciled booksellers' notes on the endpapers; clippings from booksellers' catalogs also affixed
Two clippings from booksellers' catalogs affixed to front paste-down, plus one for Barnaby Googe's Whole of Art and Trade of Husbandry on the rear paste-down.
Bookseller's description, transferred to MSS466 box 3 file 357.
Local Note:
MSU: Lacking the printer's blank leaves at front and back (leaves pi1 and 3S6); leaves 2P2 and 2Q2 are bound inversely, as are leaves 2P5 and 2Q5.
MSU: Funding provided by Betty Koch, in memory of Henry Koch.
Binding Information:
Contemporary brown leather, later rebacked.
Physical Description:20 unnumbered pages, 732 pages, 24 unnumbered pages : illustrations (woodcuts) ; 29 cm (folio)
Variant Title:
Maison rustique
Countrey farme
Country farm
Format: Book

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