THE ENGLISH HUSBANDMAN, drawne into two Bookes, and each Booke in two Parts, each with its own title page.

London, printed for Henry Taunton, and to be sold at his shop in Saint Dunstans Church Yard in Fleet street,1635.. TITLE CONTINUED: The First Part contayning the knowledge of husbandly duties, the nature of all sorts of soiles within this kingdome, the manner of tillage, the diversity of ploughes, and all other instruments. The Second Part containing the art of planting, grafting, and gardening, the use of the vine, the hopgarden, and the preservation of all sorts of fruits, the draught of all sorts of knots, mazes, and other ornaments. Newlie Reviewed. The Second Book: Contayning the Ordering of the Kitchin-Garden and the Planting of Strange Flowers; the breeding of all maner of Cattell. Together with the Cures, the feeding of Cattell, the ordering both of Pastures and Meddow-ground; WHEREUNTO IS ADDED (called: THE PLEASURES OF PRINCES, with its own title page) a Treatise, called Good mans Recreation: Contayning a Discourse of the generall Art of Fishing with the Angle, or otherwise: and of all the hidden secrets belonging thereunto, TOGETHER WITH THE Choyce, Ordering, Breeding and Dyeting of the fighting-Cocke. SECOND EDITION 1635, Corrected and Inlarged by the first Author G.M. 8vo, approximately 180 x 135 mm, 7¼ x 5¼ inches, woodcut illustrations in the text to first 2 parts, decorated initials and headpieces, pages: [14], 1-227, [1]; [14], 1- 96; [2], 1-54, bound in full calf, rebacked keeping original covers, gilt lettered title label and date to spine, new marbled endpapers, small engraved bookplate to first pastedown (T. Allen F.S.A.). Shallow dents to upper cover, pale age-browning in a few places, occasional spotting, pale staining to a few margins at end, pale brown strips to top of first two pages, not affecting text, otherwise a very good copy. See: F.N.L. Poynter, A Bibliography of Gervase Markham 1568-1637, page 122, No. 21.2. a variant; Mary S. Aslin, Catalogue of Books on Agriculture, page 86; Westwood & Satchell, Bibliotheca Piscatoria, Books on Angling, page 144; ESTC S 112073. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.