Foure bookes of husbandry
By: collected by M. Conradus Heresbachius, councellour to the high and mightie Prince, the Duke of Cleue, containing the whole art and trade of husbandry, gardening, graffing, and planting, with the antiquitie, and commendation thereof ; newly Englished, and encreased by Barnaby Googe, Esquire.
Contributors: Googe, Barnabe, 1540-1594.; Wight, Thomas, d. 1608?, printer.; English Printing Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Printed by Tho. Wright
Published: 1601
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 183
Subjects: Agriculture -- Early works to 1800.; Hunting -- Early works to 1800.; Fishing -- Early works to 1800.
Genres: Early works to 1800.
Other titles: Four books of husbandry; 4 books of husbandry
Notes: STC (2nd ed.) 13200
Text in form of dialogues.
A translation of the author's Rei rusticae libri quatuor.
First ed. published in 1577.
Colophon: London, Imprinted by Thomas Wight, Anno Domini 1600.
Title page illustrated with a woodcut border, verso of t.p. 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.