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Foure bookes of husbandry /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Heresbach, Conrad, 1496-1576
Corporate Author: English Printing Collection (Library of Congress)
Other Authors: Googe, Barnabe, 1540-1594, Wight, Thomas, -1608? (Printer)
Format: Book
Language:English
Subjects:
Agriculture > Early works to 1800.
Hunting > Early works to 1800.
Fishing > Early works to 1800.
Agriculture.
Recreation.
Description
Item Description:Text in form of dialogues.
A translation of the author's Rei rusticae libri quatuor.
First edition published in 1577.
Colophon: London, Imprinted by Thomas Wight, Anno Domini 1600.
Title page illustrated with a woodcut border, verso of title page has a coat of arms with the initials B.G.
"The names of such aucthors, and husbands, whose aucthorities, and obseruations are vsed in this booke"--Leaf [4] verso.
"Old English rules, for purchasing land"--Leaf [184].
Signatures: [superscript pi] A⁴ B⁶ A-Z⁸.
Physical Description:10 unnumbered pages, 183 pages, 1 unnumbered leaves ; 19 cm. (quarto)
Place of Publication:England -- London