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MARKHAM, Gervase (ca 1568-1637). A Way to Get Wealth: Containing sixe Principall Vocations or Callings, in which every good Husband or House-wife may lawfully imploy themselves. [London: Anne Griffon for John Harrison, 1638].
Six parts in one volume, 8o (178 x 129 mm). Engraved frontispiece and six engraved plates. (Title worn and mounted, with loss of imprint, shoulder notes, some headlines and catchwords cropped, some soiling throughout.) Contemporary calf (rebacked, worn).
Later edition. The book contains information such as an "infallible way to curing all deseases in cattel," listing various diseases that afflict livestock and the herbal "cures" for each disease, the methods of branding, the placement of bee hives, healing wounds of hawks, and the caring of human diseases. STC 17397. Sold not subject to return.
Six parts in one volume, 8
Later edition. The book contains information such as an "infallible way to curing all deseases in cattel," listing various diseases that afflict livestock and the herbal "cures" for each disease, the methods of branding, the placement of bee hives, healing wounds of hawks, and the caring of human diseases. STC 17397. Sold not subject to return.