Tusser redivivus : being part of Mr. Thomas Tusser's Five hundred points of husbandry : directing what corn, grass, &c. is proper to be sown, what trees to be planted, how land is to be improved : with what ever is fit to be done for the benefit of the farmer in every month of the year : to which are added notes and observations explaining many obsolete terms in the said Mr. Tusser, and what is agreeable to the present practice in several counties of this kingdom : a work very necessary and useful for gentlemen, as well as farmers and occupiers of land, whether wood-ground, or tillage and pasture.
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| Item Description: | Issued in 11 monthly parts, with Nov. and Dec. combined. Each part has separate title page and comprises a single gathering signed A⁸ and paged [1]-16; accompanied by overall title page. Printer's device; head pieces; adages in gothic. Notes by Daniel Hilman (cf. ESTC); advertisement for Daniel Hilman's surveying service: number XI/XII, page [16]. "Youth ... feasted with very little cost, and always their feasts were accompanied with exercise. The loss of which laudable custom is one of the benefits we have got by smoaking tobacco"--No. 6, page 15. |
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| Physical Description: | 12 parts in 11 ; 20 cm. (octavo) |