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Lot 62
Husbandry.- Tusser (Thomas) Five Hundred Points of good Husbandry, [Thomas Purfoot] for the Company of Stationers, 1620.
Hammer Price: £1,500
Description
Husbandry.- Tusser (Thomas) Five Hundred Points of good Husbandry, printed mostly in black letter, title with ornamental border, ink ownership inscription of Joseph Harford to front free endpaper, dated Bristol 1790, title slightly browned, occasional light spotting, closely trimmed at foot, affecting a few signatures, later calf, spine ends and corners worn, rubbed, joints split, upper cover loose, [Fussell I pp.8-9; STC 24390], small 4to, [Thomas Purfoot] for the Company of Stationers, 1620.
⁂ Scarce, with the ESTC listing only 5 UK copies.
Description
Husbandry.- Tusser (Thomas) Five Hundred Points of good Husbandry, printed mostly in black letter, title with ornamental border, ink ownership inscription of Joseph Harford to front free endpaper, dated Bristol 1790, title slightly browned, occasional light spotting, closely trimmed at foot, affecting a few signatures, later calf, spine ends and corners worn, rubbed, joints split, upper cover loose, [Fussell I pp.8-9; STC 24390], small 4to, [Thomas Purfoot] for the Company of Stationers, 1620.
⁂ Scarce, with the ESTC listing only 5 UK copies.
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