Way to get Wealth: Containing six principall vocations:… Cheape and good husbandry for the well-ordering of all beasts and fowles, and for the generall cure of their diseases.

1653 Markham Way to Get Wealth Husbandry Veterinary English Housewife Gardens

"If you would not have your Hen sit, you bathe her oft in cold water, & thrust a small feather through her nostrils."

– Gervase Markham, Way to Wealth

Utterly fascinating collection of six works!

Gervase Markham, a 17th-century English poet, was a well-known horse trainer and breeder. While many of his works were classic English poems, he also wrote books on care for horses, husbandry, and hunting. This book includes six separate titles, which all are considered part of a larger work "A Way to get Wealth". In this book, Markham explores various aspects of English living including husbandry and hunting, veterinary needs, cooking and cleaning tips for the English housewife, gardening, horse breeding, and more.

Item number: #24629

Price: $1950

MARKHAM, Gervase

Way to get Wealth: Containing six principall vocations:… Cheape and good husbandry for the well-ordering of all beasts and fowles, and for the generall cure of their diseases.

London: printed by Thomas Harper for John Harrison, 1653.

Details:

· Collation: Complete with all pages; 6 parts in 1

o "Cheape and good husbandry" – [28], 188 (i.e., 186)

o "Country Contentments" – [8], 118

o "The English House-Wife" – [12], 252

o "The Inrichment of the Weald of Kent" – [4], 24

o "Markhams Farewell to Husbandry" – [12], 158 (i.e., 168)

o "A new Orchard, and Garden"; ... by William Lawson – [8], 74

o "The Country House-wives Garden" – [2], 77-134

o Includes 29 woodcut engravings

o Each work includes original title page

o Pagination errors expected

· References: Lowndes 1475; Wing M611, M620, M629, M637, M648

· Provenance: Handwritten

o E. W. Sergeant

o [Alexander Banson, 1701]

· Language: English

· Binding: Leather; tight and secure

· Size: ~7.5in X 6in (19cm x 15cm)

· INCREDIBLE collection of 6 works in 1v with auction records and price comparisons at over $3,000

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