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THE NEW AND ADMIRABLE ARTE OF SETTING CORNE: with all the necessaries Tooles and other Circumstances belonging to the same: the particular titles whereof, are set down in the Page following.
by PLAT, Sir Hugh. Platt or Platte.:
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- Seller
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About This Item
Imprinted at London, by Peter Short, dwelling at the signe of the Starre on Breadstreet hill, 1601.. SECOND EDITION 1601 (first edition published in 1600), divided into 8 chapters, the running title: The new found arte of setting corne. Small 4to, approximately 175 x 130 mm, 7 x 5 inches, woodcut vignette on title, headpiece and large initial to first page, 32 pages, signatures: A-D4, padded out at rear with cream paper, rebound in full modern speckled calf, gilt lettered green label, gilt name, date and rules between raised bands to spine, black endpapers, speckled edges, printed at foot of last page "H. Plat Esquire". Small pale stain to outer edge of title page and small dark brown spot, small pale stains to outer edges of pages before signature D, darker stains to outer margins and pale age-browning to last 4 leaves, not affecting text, quires A and C reset; on A2r line 1 of text ends "probablie", line 3 has "newe"; on C1r line 7 of text ends "cause", line 11 has "woormes". See: ESTC S114898; Luborsky & Ingram. English illustrated books, 1536-1603, page 633, No. 19993; Mary S. Aslin, Catalogue of the Printed Books on Agriculture 1471-1840, page 103; G. E. Fussell, Old English Farming Books, Volume 1, page 15; Blanche Henrey, Volume 1, British Botanical and Horticultural Literature before 1800, page 155: "New and admirable arte of setting of corne, a treatise in which this author advocates growing corn by setting the seed at regular distances apart, the usual method of sowing corn at that time being by broadcast. On the title-page is a woodcut of a growing plant of corn, over which is a spade lying in a scroll bearing the words 'Adam's toole revived'; Donald McDonald, Agricultural Writers 1200-1800, page 58 with illustration opposite; Luborsky & Ingram, English Illustrated Books, 1536-1603, page 633, No.19994. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.
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- Bookseller
- Roger Middleton
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 47750
- Title
- THE NEW AND ADMIRABLE ARTE OF SETTING CORNE: with all the necessaries Tooles and other Circumstances belonging to the same: the particular titles whereof, are set down in the Page following.
- Author
- PLAT, Sir Hugh. Platt or Platte.:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- Imprinted at London, by Peter Short, dwelling at the signe of the Starre on Breadstreet hill, 1601.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- corn grain agriculture planting farming sowing seeds ploughing
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Roger Middleton
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Roger Middleton
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Oxford, Oxfordshire
About Roger Middleton
We are a postal business only, selling rare and antiquarian books on interesting subjects.
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