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The 2d ed, of A Collection of scarce and val¬ 
uable tracts selected from public and pri¬ 
vate libraries, particularly that of Lord Som¬ 
ers; revised, augmented and enlarged by Walter 
Scott (London, 1809-15. 3 v.) contains ’’Five 
hundred points of good husbandrie" in vol.3, 
1810. Scott’s introduction to it was reprinted 
in the edition of Tusser issued by Tregaskis in 
1931. One sentence, p.xii, sounds as if Scott 
did do the "foisting" referred to and as if 
Tussers "Points" had not been one of the Tracts 
in the earlier 1748-52 Collection: "In trans¬ 
ferring this first specimen of English Didac¬ 
tic poetry to this Collection, the editor has 
followed the edition of Short in 1599." 
- Edinburgh, R. Waldegrave, 1599. (Brit, Mus.; 
Short-title Cat., 24386) 
"This and the following editions are very in¬ 
correct and the sense often perverted." — 
Lowndes, 5:2728. 
----- London, Printed for the Company of Stationers, 
1604. (Eimtington Lib,; Thordarson Coll.; Brit. Mus,; 
Univ, Lib. Cambridge; Short-title Cat,, 24387) 
Mavor says in the 1812 ed., p,21-22, that 
the copy he was using "formerly belonged to the 
Rev, Mr. Ashby, who collated it with the edi¬ 
tion of 1573, and wrote some observations on 
the two fly-leaves. Sense often perverted," 
- London, For the Company of Stationers, 1610, 
(Folger Lib,; Lindley Lib, - imperfect copy; Short-title 
Cat., 24388) 
- London, For the Company of Stationers, 1614, 
(Folger Lib,; Brit. Mus,; Roy, Agr, Soc. Lib,; Short- 
title Cat., 24389) 
_ London, Printed for the Company of Stationers, 
1620, (Folger Lit,; Himtington Lib,; Brit. Mus,; Short- 
title Cat., 24390) 
"The orthography in the title in some re¬ 
spects more obsolete than in earlier impres¬ 
sions: thus we have moneth for month, and 
h^bs for herbs." — 1312 ed., p.22, 
^ The copy examined by Mavor was the proper¬ 
ty of the Rev, Dr. Rawbone, F, A. S, 
_ At London, Printed for the Company of Stationers, 
1630, 160 p. (Arn. Arb.; .Folger ’ on Lib,; Thordar¬ 
son Coll,; Bodleian; Short-title Cat., 24391) 
