Systema agriculturae; the mystery of husbandry discovered: treating of the several new and most advantagious ways of tilling, planting, sowing, manuring, ordering, improving of all sorts of gardens, orchards, meadows, pastures, corn-lands, woods & coppices. As also of fruits, corn, grain, pulse, new-hays, cattle, fowl, beasts, bees, silk-worms, &c. With an account of the several instruments and engines used in this profession. To which is added kalendarium rusticum: or, the husbandmans monthly directions. Also the prognosticks of dearth, scarcity, plenty, sickness, heat, cold, frost, snow, winds, rain, hail, thunder, &c. And dictionarium rusticum: or, the interpretation of rustick terms. The whole work being of great use and advantage to all that delight in that most noble practice. The second edition, carefully corrected and amended; with many large and useful additions throughout the whole work: by the author. Published for the common good: by J.W. Gent

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  • Systema agriculturae; the mystery of husbandry discovered: treating of the several new and most advantagious ways of tilling, planting, sowing, manuring, ordering, improving of all sorts of gardens, orchards, meadows, pastures, corn-lands, woods & coppices. As also of fruits, corn, grain, pulse, new-hays, cattle, fowl, beasts, bees, silk-worms, &c. With an account of the several instruments and engines used in this profession. To which is added kalendarium rusticum: or, the husbandmans monthly directions. Also the prognosticks of dearth, scarcity, plenty, sickness, heat, cold, frost, snow, winds, rain, hail, thunder, &c. And dictionarium rusticum: or, the interpretation of rustick terms. The whole work being of great use and advantage to all that delight in that most noble practice. The second edition, carefully corrected and amended; with many large and useful additions throughout the whole work: by the author. Published for the common good: by J.W. Gent
  • Systema agriculturae. Part 1
  • Systema agriculturae being the mystery of husbandry discovered and layd open; Kalendarium rusticum; Dictionarium rusticum
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Imprint
London : printed by J[ames]. C[ottrell]. for T. Dring; and are to be sold by Charles Smith and Tho. Burrell, at the Angel neer the Inner-Temple-gate, and the Golden Ball under St. Dunstans Church in Fleet-street, 1675.
Added name
Hove, Frederick Hendrick van, 1628?-1698, engraver.
Publication year
1675
ESTC No.
R218038
Grub Street ID
92754
Description
[36], 324, [4] p. : ill. ; 2°.
Note
J.W. = John Worlidge

The words "gardens, orchards," and corn-lands, ... coppices." are each bracketed together and the words "meadows, pastures," are enclosed in brackets on title page

With additional title page (pi2r) engraved, "Systema agriculturae being the mystery of husbandry discovered and laid open by J W", and signed: F H Van Hove scul

Printer's name from Wing CD

The first leaf bears "An explanation of the frontispiece"

"Kalendarium rusticum" and "Dictionarium rusticum" each have separate dated title page; pagination and register are continuous

Includes index

Gathered in 4's

A second part was published in 1689 (Wing W3597A)

Identified as Wing W3599 on UMI microfilm set "Early English books, 1641-1700", reel 994.