[Rarebooks] FS: "A Way to Get Wealth" (practical knowledge of the 17th c.) London: 1683

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Markham, Gervase.  A WAY TO GET WEALTH: Containing Six Principal
Vocations, or Callings, in Which Every Good Husband and House-wive May
Lawfully Imploy Themselves... The First Five Books Gathered by G. M.
The Last by Master W. L. [William Lawson]... The Fourteenth Time
Corrected and Augmented by the Author. London: T. B. for Hannah
Sawbridge. 1683. Sm. 4to. 6 parts in 1.
(12),146,(10);(4),92,(4);(8),188;(4),20;(6),126,(4); (6),102pp.
Illustrated with numerous woodcuts, particularly in the final section
“A New Orchard & Garden.” Each part with its own title page and each
part separately indexed. Cont. calf, with spine label (a bit chipped),
nicely rebacked.    $3,750.00 (trade discount allowed)
One of the most popular general household books of the 17th century
with 15 separate editions before 1700. Information is provided on
veterinary medicine, all agricultural & farming issues, beekeeping,
hunting and hawking, angling, cookery, wine, fish ponds, fruit trees,
gardening, etc., etc. Even the game of tennis is mentioned. Some of the
parts were separately published (see Wing M618 and M655, also L737) and
many copies have been broken up. Complete copies are now scarce. Wing
M682. See Fussell, OLD ENGLISH FARMING BOOKS for a discussion.

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