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  1. Cheap and good husbandry, for the well-ordering of all beasts and fowls, and for the general cure of their diseases. Containing the natures, breeding, choice, use, feeding, and curing of the diseases of all manner of cattel, as horse, ox, cow, sheep, goats, swine, and tame conies. Shewing further the whole art of riding great horses, with the breaking and ordering of them, and the dyeting of the running, hunting, and ambling horse, and the manner how to use them in their travel. Also, approved rules for the cramming, and fatting all sorts of poultry, and fowls, both tame and wild, & c.. And divers good and well approved medicines, for the cure of all the diseases in hawks, of what kind soever. Together with the use and profit of bees, the manner of fish-ponds, and the taking of all sorts of fish. ...
    By: Markham, Gervase,
    Edition: 12th ed.
    Publication info: London, Printed by J. Streater, for G. Sawbridge, 1668
    Holding Institution: Cornell University Library
  2. By: Markham, Gervase,
    Edition: The 5th ed.
    Publication info: London, Printed by Nicholas Okes for John Harison, 1631
    Holding Institution: Wellcome Library
  3. By: Markham, Gervase,
    Edition: Now newly the 10th time rev., corr. and amended / together with many new additions, and cheap experiments, for the bettering of arable pasture ... by G. Markham.
    Publication info: London, Printed for G. Sawbridge, 1676
    Holding Institution: NCSU Libraries
  4. Markham's master-piece : containing all knowledge belonging to the smith, farrier, or horse-leach, touching the curing all diseases in horses. Drawn with great pains and approved experience, and the publick practice of the best horse-marshals in Christendom. Divided into two books. The I. Containing cures physical: The II. All cures chyrurgical. Together with the nature, use, and quality of every simple mentioned through the whole work. Now the nineteenth time printed, corrected and augmented, with above thirty new chapters, and forty new medicines, heretofore never published. To which is added, the exactest receipts for curing all diseases, in oxen, cows, sheep, hogs, goats, dogs, and all small cattle. Also the Compleat jockey. Containing methods for the training horses up for racing, with their heats and courses, and manner of keeping, &c. Also, instructions to avoid being cheated by horse-coursers. To which is added in this nineteenth impression, directions to preserve all sorts of cattle from all manner of diseases, and to feed cattle fat, without corn, hay, or grass. Also the way to improve St-Foin. With divers other things never before made publick
    By: Markham, Gervase,
    Edition: The 19th impression corrected and enl. by the author Gervase Markham.
    Publication info: London, Printed for N. and M. Boddington, at the Golden-Ball in Duck-Lane, 1717
    Holding Institution: Webster Family Library of Veterinary Medicine
  5. Markhams maister-peece: containing all knowledge belonging to the smith, farrier, or horse-leech, touching the curing of all diseases in horses.: Drawne with great paine, and most approved experience, from the publick practise of all the forraigne horse-marshals in Christendome; and from the private practise of all the best farriers of this land. Being divided into two bookes. The first containing all cures physicall: the second, all belonging to chirurgery; with an addition of 160 principall chapters, and 370 most excellent medicines, never written of, nor mentioned in any authour whatsoever. Together with the true nature, use, and quality of every simple spoken of through the whole worke. Now the eighth time newly imprinted, corrected, and augmented, with above thirty new chapters, and above forty new medicines that are most certaine and approved; and heretofore never published, which you shall finde noted thus. All which never was before made knowne, but concealed in the authours brest for his owne credit
    By: Markham, Gervase,
    Publication info: Imprinted at London, By W. Wilson, and are to be sold by George Sawbridge at the Bible on Ludgatehill, 1656
    Holding Institution: Wellcome Library
  6. By: Lawson, William, - Markham, Gervase, - Harward, Simon,
    Publication info: London, printed by W. Wilson, for E. Brewster, and George Sawbridge, at the Bible on Ludgate-Hill, neere Fleet-bridge, 1653
    Holding Institution: Wellcome Library
  7. By: Levett, John - Markham, Gervase, - Harper, Thomas, - Harrison, John,
    Publication info: London, Printed by Thomas Harper, for John Harison, 1634
    Holding Institution: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library