Markham | A Way to get Wealth, London, 1660

From the Library of the Earls of Haddington

Gervase Markham

A Way to get Wealth, Containing sixe Principall Vocations, for Callings, in which every good Husband or hu-wife, may lawfully imploy themselves. London: William Wilson for George Sawbridge, 1660

Tenth edition, 4to, 6 parts in one volume, woodcut initials, head-pieces and decorations, illustrations and diagrams in the text, contemporary calf with morocco spine label gilt, title lettered in ink on fore-edge, repairs to joints and hinges, later endpapers, final leaf torn at outer edge affecting a letter

LITERATURE:

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PROVENANCE:

Thomas Hamilton (1721-1794), 7th Earl of Haddington, engraved armorial bookplate on verso of title; thence by descent to the Earls of Haddington