The Book of Husbandry, by Master Fitzherbert: Reprinted From the Edition of 1534, and Edited With an Introduction, Notes, and Glossarial Index (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

W. Skeat, Walter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1332293859 ISBN 13: 9781332293858

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

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Excerpt from The Book of Husbandry, by Master Fitzherbert: Reprinted From the Edition of 1534, and Edited With an Introduction, Notes, and Glossarial Index One question of chief interest respecting the volume here printed is - who was the author? We know that his name was "Mayster Fitzherbarde" (see p. 125), and the question that has to be settled is simply this - may we identify him with Sir Anthony Fitzherbert, judge of the Common Pleas, the author of the Grand Abridgment of the Common Law, the New Natura Brevium, and other legal works? The question has been frequently discussed, and, as far as I have been able to discover, the more usual verdict of the critics is in favour of the supposed identity; and certainly all the evidence tends very strongly in that direction, as will, I think, presently appear. Indeed, when we come to investigate the grounds on which the objections to the usually received theory rest, they appear to be exceedingly trivial; nor have I been very successful in discovering the opposers' arguments. Bohn's edition of Lowndes' Bibliographers' Manual merely tells us that "the treatises on Husbandry and Surveying are by some attributed to the famous lawyer Sir Anthony Fitzherbert, by others to his brother John Fitzherbert." In the Catalogue of the Huth Library, we find this note: "The Rev. Joseph Hunter was the first person to point out that the author of this work [Fitzherbert's Husbandry] and the book on Surveying was a different person from the judge of the same name." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We

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Excerpt from The Book of Husbandry, by Master Fitzherbert: Reprinted From the Edition of 1534, and Edited With an Introduction, Notes, and Glossarial Index

Here the direct external evidence ceases. We now come to consider the internal evidence, which is interesting enough.

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Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

About this edition

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1332293859
• ISBN 13: 9781332293858
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 204