Countrey contentments, in two bookes: the first, containing the whole art of riding great horses ... with the breeding, breaking, dyeting and ordring of them ... The second intituled The English housewife: containing the inward and outward vertues which ought to be in a compleate women: as her phisicke, cookery ... distillation, perfumes, ... brewing, baking, and all other things belonging to an houshold / [Gervase Markham].

  • Markham, Gervase, 1568?-1637
Date:
1615
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Countrey contentments, in two bookes: the first, containing the whole art of riding great horses ... with the breeding, breaking, dyeting and ordring of them ... The second intituled The English housewife: containing the inward and outward vertues which ought to be in a compleate women: as her phisicke, cookery ... distillation, perfumes, ... brewing, baking, and all other things belonging to an houshold / [Gervase Markham]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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