Maison Rustique Or The Covntrey Farme Compyled In The French Tongue By Charles Stevens And John

by Charles Estienne Jean Liebault Gervase Markham D 1595

$4,500 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books · No longer available

First edition

Modern sprinkled calf ruled in blind and decoratively blind-stamped, spine with five raised bands forming six compartments and gilt-lettered black morocco lettering-piece in second compartment with gilt date at foot First edition of Markham's revised English translation of Estienne and Liebault's important late-sixteenth century work on animal husbandry, gardening, and country living. Markham, the most prolific English writer on agriculture and farming in the first

• Binding: Leather

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