Boke of husbandry

Item author: Fitzherbert
Item date: 1534
Grant Value: 2,500
Item cost: 149,750
Item date acquired: 1987
Item institution: Science Museum
Town/City: London

The first book on farming published in England; part of a collection of 600 printed books and pamphlets on the history of animal husbandry and vetinary science. Other highlights include Carlo Ruinis Anatomia del cavallo, Venice, 1618, the first book on the anatomy of an animal, and 24 editions of the works of Gervase Markham including his Cavelarice, 1607

Item Provenance
Collection of Norman Comben