29th May, 2025 11:00

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Markham. A Way to get Wealth....1660

Markham (Gervase).
A Way to get Wealth, Containing sixe Principall Vocations, for Callings, in which every good Husband or hu-wife, may lawfully imploy themselves..., 4 parts of six only,
10th ed., woodcut illusts., general title in facsimile, I 2&3 repaired at fore-edges; English Houswife, p3-14, frayed at edges, p15-18 in facsimile, p. 67-76 frayed at edges; Farewell to Husbandry, contemporary annotations to verso of title, edges repared , D1-2, repaired D3 repaired with loss; Country Hous-wives Garden some pages rubbed at edges, c 1-4; Harward (Simon) A Most Profitable New Treatise…., O1-2, worn at foredges, modern calf Cambridge style binding, contemporary annotations placed throughout, William Wilson, 1660 § Barrow (J) The Young Man’s Companion, twenty-first edition, woodcut illustrations and tables, contemporary ownership annotations to front endpapers, full modern calf, Printed for C.Hitch and L.Hawes, etc. 1761 § Fisher (George) The Instructor; or, Young Man’s Best Companion, frontispiece, folding table, modern calf, Printed for Thomas Martin, 1788, v.s. (3)

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