Tusser, Thomas (cont. ) 
794 
-- Five hundreth points of'good husbandry xinited to 
as many of good huswiferie, first devised, & nov/ lately 
augmented with diverse approved lessons concerning hopps & 
gardening. Imprinted at London in Flete strete within 
Temple barre at the signe of the hand & starre, by Richard 
Tottill, anno 1573. Cum privilegio. (Huntington Lib.; 
Brit. Mus.; Rothamsted ) 
Authorities, including the Brit. Mus. Cat., 
the Short-title Cat., and Mavor, agree that the 
1573 ed. was the first to have the title; "Five 
hundreth points of good husbandry." 
The Short-title Cat. gives three different 
entries for 1573 issues. The Brit. Mus. and 
Huntington libraries are credited with one of 
these (no.24377); Rothamsted with one (no.24375); 
and the Brit. Mus. with another imperfect copy 
(no.24376) differing slightly from the other 
two. 
The Brit. Mus. Cat. gives collation of "66, 
31 ff," for both of its copies; the catalog of 
the Rothamsted library gives "94 p. alt. pag." 
for its copy; while the Short-title Cat., no. 
24375, gives "Sig. A-Aa4" for the Rothamsted 
copy. 
Mavor, in the 1812 ed., p.lS, speaks of com¬ 
paring Richard Heber’s copy with the editions 
of 1580 and 1585. He says "It contains in all 
ninety-eight folios, and six and a half quat¬ 
rains in a page; but the additions and altera¬ 
tions are so numerous in the standard edition 
of 1580, that this is rather curious than use¬ 
ful." 
- London, R. Tottell, 1574. 70, 34 ff. (Brit. 
Mus.; Rothamsted; Short-title Cat., 24378) 
- London, R. Tottell, 1577. 66, 32 ff.i (Fol- 
ger Lib.; Brit. Mus.; Short-title Cat., 24379) 
Mavor in the 1812 ed,, p.lS, quotes a letter 
from Richard Heber who says : "I sun in possess- 
sion of ed, 1577 also; but it is ipso facto, a 
reprint of ed. 1573, page for page." Lowndes, 
5:2728, has a note to the same effect, 
- Corrected, better ordered, and newly augmented 
to a fourth part more. Imprinted at London, by Henrie 
Denham, dwelling in Paternoster Row, at the signe of the , ( 
starre, 1580, 89 ff, (Harvard; Thordarson Coll,; 
Bodleian; Brit. Mus,; Rothamsted; Univ, Lib, Cambridge; 
Short-title Cat., 24380) ^ 
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