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in eights." Dibdin (iii. 533) mentions one by John Wayland, 

 8vo. (no date), Lowndes mentions an edition printed at 

 London " in the Hovs of Tho. Berthelet," i6mo. ; eighty 

 leaves ; also — another edition, slightly differing in ortho- 

 graphy, and having at the end " Cum privilegio ; " also 

 another "in the House of Thomas Berthelet," i6mo. A, 6 

 leaves, B — M, in eights, N, 2 leaves, with the date of 1534 

 on the title-page ; but this can be nothing else than the very- 

 book here reprinted, and it is not clear why he mentions it 

 again. Lowndes also notices undated editions by John 

 Walley, Robert Toye, Jugge, and Myddylton. 



It hence appears that the book was frequently reprinted 

 between 1523 and 1598, but the last of these editions was 

 such as to destroy its popularity, and I am not aware that it 

 was ever again reprinted except in 1767, when the Books on 

 Husbandry and Surveying were reprinted together ^ in a form 

 strongly resembling the edition of 1534.^ The title of this 

 book is — " Certain Ancient Tracts concerning the manage- 

 ment of Landed Property reprinted. London, printed for 

 C. Bathurst and J. Newbery ; 1767." This is a fairly good 

 reprint, with the old spelling carefully preserved ; but has 

 neither note nor comment of any kind. A copy of it kindly 

 lent me by Mr. Furnivall has proved very useful. 



The editions of the Book on Surveying are almost as 

 numerous as those of the Book on Husbandry, though this 

 was hardly to be expected, considering its more learned and 

 technical character. It is not necessary to speak here par- 

 ticularly of Sir Anthony Fitzherbert's acknowledged works. 



^ The volume also contains a translation of Xenophon's Treatise of Household 

 (A(}7ov oiKovofUKos), written by "Gentian Heruet." 



* The colophon is the same. The Book on Surveying is dated 1539. The copy 

 in the Cambridge Univ. Library contains the Husbandry (1534) ; Surveying (1539) ; 

 and Xenophon (1537) ; all bound together. 



