G m gervase markham (9 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Quarto. [7.50'' tall x 5.75'' wide]. Collates complete [4], 19, [1]p. A good, solid and complete copy of this work by Markham. With an early 18th.c. manuscript owners mark to the front end paper 'Tho. Hill, 40 Hill, Enfield' & 'Will. Hill, 40 Hill, 1812'. A sound copy presented in an attractive and sound binding. Bound in a 20th.c. half leather binding with marbled boards. With an attractive vertical red calf label, lettered in gilt to the spine. Solid and sound.…

8vo. hardback (approx. 19.5 x 15cm) in later binding of quarter dark brown calf, raised bands and gilt rules to spine, with marbled boards, red title label, gilt to upper board. Title page, Dedication [2], 19pp. A clean copy with no previous owners' markings or inscripitons. Some foxing to original pages. Spine and boards somewhat rubbed and lightly worn. Overall a GOOD+ HANDSOME COPY. (SHELF 9) Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.** Pictures available upon request.** Visit our homepage for our shop opening hours. Over 20,000 books in stock - come and browse. PayPal, credit and most debit cards welcome. Books posted worldwide. For any queries please contact us direct.…

Revised, Enlarged and Corrected. Small (approx. 19.5 x 14,5cm) pamphlet bound with modern full calf spine, gilt, but using much older (possibly contemporary) tree calf boards, seemingly cut down as lacking decorative gilt border to lower edge (please see photos). New endpapers. [3], 19pp., [1]. A clean copy with no previous owners' markings or inscriptions. Light foxing and slight browning to page edges. Boards a little scuffed and worn, particularly to edges and corners. Overall a VERY GOOD COPY. (SHELF 9) ** Pictures available upon request, if not already displayed here.** Visit our homepage for our shop opening hours. Over 20,000 books in stock - come and browse. PayPal, credit and most debit cards welcome. Books posted worldwide. For any queries please contact us direct.…

Condición: VG. 1942 facsimile edition from the copy dated 1660 now owned by Mrs. Rosetta E. Clarkson , Salt Acres, Milford, Connecticut. One page forward by Clarkson preceeds the facsimile. 101p. Attractively bound in half dark blue cloth with blue marbled boards. Some light wear on board edges. Hinges not cracked. VG plus. Rare copy of a Rare book. …

4to. [vi] + 126 pp. + [4] index with a number of woodcuts to the text. Disbound but complete. Edges darkened otherwise a good, clean copy. Despite Markham's reputation as something of a hack writer it's worth remembering that his books were extremely popular and therefore his influence on seventeenth century agriculture was profound. Includes a section on Hops. NATURAL HISTORY/SCIENCE AGRICULTURE SCIENCE- NATURAL HISTORY 17TH CENTURY AGRICULTURE- HUSBANDRY NATURAL HISTORY/SCIENCE.…

Condición: Very Good. Floral headpieces & historiated intial coloured read + 2nd work with added text illustrations as well as the above decorations. Two Works in One small quarto 183x140mm rebound in full brown levant on 4 raised bands with 2 black spine labels gilt and gilt date to foot of spine. Newer edpapers, small bookplate of Alan John Jarvis, [iv]+20pp; [vi]+126+[4]pp Table. Long ownership inscription on back of titlepage (John Thomas 1751) with name repeated at end of 1st work, John Davies on back of 2nd titlepage with a few ink notes by both owners in margins of later pages. Paper browned throughout, edges frayed and cropped at top at end of book. 1 volume. Hardcover. …

Unbound. Condición: Fair. The eighth edition of Gervase Markham's very scarce seventeenth century work on housewifery, and the desired virtues of women. The eighth edition of this work, which is very scarce in all contemporary editions.First published in 1615 under the title 'The English Huswife, Containing the Inward and Outward Virtues Which Ought to Be in a Complete Woman', poet and writer Gervase Markham discusses diverse aspects of housewifery, such as cookery, medicine, party-planning, perfumery, oils, winemaking and more in the work.An incomplete copy, present here are the sections on wines, wool, hemp, flax, cloth, the 'whiting of yarn', dairy work, malt, oat-meal, brewing and baking.This eighth edition is not recorded in the ESTC.Present here are leaves A1, and 3R4, 3S1, 3S4, 3T4, 4B4, 4C2. Lacking leaves A2-3Q4, and 3R2-3.Inscription 'Markham' to title page verso.Written by Gervase Markham, an English poet and writer. He was the third son of Sir Robert Markham and was a soldier of fortune in the Low Countries. He is regarded as the first to import the Arabian horse to England. Unbound. Title page detached from text block but present, with closed tears to gutter, and light spotting and handling marks. Inscription to verso of title page. Lacking four preliminary pages, and pages 1-112. Lacking pages 113-4. Leaves 3R2-3 detached but loosely inserted. Remaining leaves firmly bound though lightly age toned due to paper type, with the odd spot. Loosely inserted in paper wraps. Fair. None (ilustrador). book. …

Half Calf. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Slipcase. Sixth Edition. [Sixth edition]. [viii], 77, 70-88, 97-177-188 pp. Half recent dark calf over marbled boards; raised bands, red leather label, blind and gilt ruling and gilt lettering to spine; brown cloth slipcase with gilt-lettered red leather label to its spine. Slight scratching to calf and minor rubbing to slipcase's extremities. Light spotting to text and toning to corner of first thirty pages. Short closed tear at p. 5, small amount of loss at edge of p. 53 & 111 with no loss to text and even shorter tears to edges of only a handful of pages, including title. The cropping to the fore edge over time has trimmed the edges of some of the marginal printed notes. The pagination is odd, but it is complete. This work was a bestseller and was published many times during the 17th century, providing recipes for medicines and more everyday fare. The British Library notes that although the title implies a female audience, only around 10% of women were literate at the time of publication and so most of this work's readers were clergymen or men of the gentry. Wing M631; ESTC R43425 8vo.…

Blind-stamped Full Calf. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Slipcase. Eighth Edition. [Eighth edition]. [viii], 80, 73-188 pp. Full recent brown calf with blind-stamped decorative borders to boards; raised bands and red leather author and title labels, with gilt lettering and ruling to spine; brown cloth slipcase with gilt-lettered red leather label to its spine. Minimal scratching to calf. The odd small closed tear or chipping to edges of leaves and a small hole at each of pages 61 and 160. Light spotting, though quite clean overall. This work was a bestseller and was published many times during the 17th century, providing recipes for medicines and more everyday fare. The British Library notes that although the title implies a female audience, only around 10% of women were literate at the time of publication and so most of this work's readers were clergymen or men of the gentry. Wing M633; ESTC R221468 8vo.…