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Fitzharberts booke of husbandrie. Deuided into foure seuerall bookes, very necessary and profitable for all sorts of people. And now newlie corrected, amended, and reduced, into a more pleasing forme of English then before.

General note: Attributed to John Fitzherbert. Sometimes also attributed to Sir Anthony Fitzherbert. Editor's dedication signed I.R., i.e. James Roberts?. Printer's name from STC. First leaf is blank except for signature mark A.j. With four final contents leaves. Signatures: A4 B-2D4. Stationer's Register: Entered to J. Roberts 31 May 1594. MS. ink marks and inscriptions on I4v, 2C2v, 2C4v; MS pencil marks on M2r UK-SuSCL Cited in: STC (2nd ed.), 11004 Format of surrogate: Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich.: University Microfilms International, 1952. 1 microfilm reel; 35 mm (Early English books, 1475-1640; 507:14). Ownership and custodial history: Bookplate of William Charles de Meuron Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, 7th Earl Fitzwilliam (1872-1943), of Wentworth Woodhouse, Yorkshire, on inside front board, with MS. ink casemark: "IV.4.20."; purchased from Maggs July 1999, catalogue item 67 UK-SuSCL