Samuel Hartlib his Legacie: or An Enlargement of the Discourse of Husbandry used in Brabant and Flaunders; Wherein are bequeathed to the Common-wealth of England more Outlandish and Domestick Experiments and Secrets in reference to Universall Husbandry

Hartlib, Samuel; Cressy Dymock, Robert Child, King James VI/I and Sir Richard Weston

Verlag: H. Hills, for Richard Wodenothe, London, 1651

Beschreibung

First edition. London: Printed by H. Hills, for Richard Wodenothe, 1651. Quarto (7 1/16" x 5 1/4", 181mm x 134mm). [Full collation available.] Collated complete against the ESTC and the University of Michigan copies. Bound in later calf (re-backed, with the original back-strip laid down). On the spine, five raised bands. Panels gilt. Title gilt to black calf in the second panel. Gilt roll to the edges of the boards. Marbled end-papers. Green silk marking-ribbon. Re-backed (with the original back-strip laid down). With some craquelure and darkening to the edges of the boards. Lower spine-corner dampstain B2-I4, mostly quite mild. A little foxing and tanning to the initials and end-matter, but overall quite a clean copy. Good margins, with several lower deckles preserved. Samuel Hartlib (ca. 1600-1662) was born to an English mother and Polish father, educated in Germany, who moved to England in 1628. He befriended Robert Boyle and John Milton (who dedicated his 1644 On Education to Hartlib), and entered the whirlwind of XVIIc prewar scientific and political advancement in Britain. He eventually came to be a prolific correspondent with many great minds in England and abroad. Once the Civil War came, Hartlib sensibly focused on country pursuits. The year after the present item was published, Hartlib would bring out a second edition of Sir Richard Weston's Discourse on the modes of husbandry (specifically crop rotation) that he had seen in Flanders; this is advertised in the prefatory pages. The Legacie is a series of correspondence; some addressed to Hartlib, some between Hartlib and others and one a public letter. The first has been attributed to Robert Child, one (published) was written by King James VI/I on the cultivation of silkworms, and others to Cressy Dymock. The epistolary collection is a familiar device of the period, and fitting given Hartlib's place as the center of many spokes of curiosity. ESTC R202377, Lowndes 1007, Sabin 30702. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 6JLR0169

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Samuel Hartlib his Legacie: or An ...

Verlag: H. Hills, for Richard Wodenothe, London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1651

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Very good

Auflage: First.