Search Results: samuel hartlib his legacy of husbandry by hartlib samuel

London: Printed for J. M. for Richard Wodnothe, in Leaden-hall Street next to the Golden-Hart, 1655. Third Edition. Good +. 4º, 17 cm.; 303 pp. First published in 1651 as a supplement to Richard Weston's 'Discours of husbandrie used in Brabant and Flanders" the book contains letters to Hartlib purportedly from Cressy Dymock and Robert Child. Hartlib, more of an enabler and patron than author, published numerous tracts on husbandry and agriculture. (ESTC, Fussell).

Title within typographical border. 8 p.l., 303 pp. Small 4to, 18th-cent. mottled calf (carefully rebacked by Trevor Lloyd, some occasional browning & soiling), spine gilt, red morocco lettering piece on spine. London: J.M. for R. Wodnothe, 1655. Third edition, greatly enlarged (1st ed.: 1651), of one of Hartlib's most substantial works, consisting chiefly of letters to Hartlib by Cressy Dymock and Robert Child. "The Legacie deals with a large variety of subjects, among which are Saint Foine; Ploughs and Carriages; Digging, Setting and Howing; Smut and Mildew; Orchards; Hemp and Flax; Manuring; Bees; Silke-worms; the general ignorance, and various experiments, etc. The reference to the cultivation of lucerne in England is stated by Miss Aslin to be the earliest extant, but the distinction between the various grasses is so vague in these early works that it might be difficult fully to substantiate this remark."-Fussell, I, pp. 43-44. Very good copy.