Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandry - Together With a Book of Huswifery

Klappentext Tusser's sixteenth-century instructional verse on good farming practices is modernised and annotated by editor William Mavor in this 1812 edition. Zusammenfassung Published in verse in the sixteenth century, this work by Thomas Tusser (c.1524–80) is structured around the farming calendar, offering information and advice on the cultivation of both open and enclosed land. This significant 1812 edition includes a short biography and detailed annotations by editor William Mavor (1758–1837). Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Biographical sketch of Tusser; 2. Preliminary dissertation; 3. Plan of this edition; 4. The author's epistle; 5. The book of husbandry; 6. The points of huswifery; Glossary.

Product details

• Authors: Thomas Tusser, Tusser Thomas
• Assisted by: William Fordyce Mavor (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.10.2013
• EAN: 9781108066303
• ISBN: 978-1-108-06630-3
• No. of pages: 420
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Literary Studies
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama > Poetry; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; England, POETRY / General, English, LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / General, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Poetry by individual poets, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Agriculture and farming, AGRICULTURE & FARMING, C 1600 To C 1700, Literary studies: poetry and poets