![HERESBACH, Conrad (1496-1576). Foure bookes of husbandrie, collected by M. Conradus Heresbachius, councellor to the high and mightie prince, the Duke of Cleue: containing the whole art and trade of husbandrie, gardening, graffing, and planting, with the antiquitie and commendation thereof. Translated by Barnabe Googe (1540-1594). London: [Eliot’s Court Press] for John Wight, 1586.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2016/NYR/2016_NYR_12262_0040_000(heresbach_conrad_foure_bookes_of_husbandrie_collected_by_m_conradus_he101403).jpg?w=1)
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HERESBACH, Conrad (1496-1576). Foure bookes of husbandrie, collected by M. Conradus Heresbachius, councellor to the high and mightie prince, the Duke of Cleue: containing the whole art and trade of husbandrie, gardening, graffing, and planting, with the antiquitie and commendation thereof. Translated by Barnabe Googe (1540-1594). London: [Eliot’s Court Press] for John Wight, 1586.
Third edition in English of Heresbach’s Rei rusticae libri quatuor.
4to (177 x 129 mm). Full-page woodcut coat-of-arms on title verso, woodcut initials, woodcuts in text, large printed printer’s woodcut device on last leaf. Brown levant morocco, edges gilt, by Riviere. Provenance: Sir Richard Newdigate, 1st Baron (1602-1678), English judge, landowner and politician (engraved bookplate). ESTC S103977; STC 13198.
Third edition in English of Heresbach’s Rei rusticae libri quatuor.
4to (177 x 129 mm). Full-page woodcut coat-of-arms on title verso, woodcut initials, woodcuts in text, large printed printer’s woodcut device on last leaf. Brown levant morocco, edges gilt, by Riviere. Provenance: Sir Richard Newdigate, 1st Baron (1602-1678), English judge, landowner and politician (engraved bookplate). ESTC S103977; STC 13198.