Fitzherbert, John (1460 - c. 1531) or Fitzherbert, Anthony, Sir (1470-1538).

The Boke of Husbandry

      Thomas Berthelet, London 1534 - A rare early work on estate management, now thought to be the work of John Fitzherbert. Architectural border to title page. (6), 90 leaves. Collates complete. Very tidy internally. Reasonable margins though possibly a trifle closer at the top margin. Contemporary occasional ink notes or marginalia. Ink correction of incorrect pagination to some leaves. Tiny single wormhole to top margin of last 6 leaves. Very slight stain to extreme corner of a handful of leaves, not affecting text - however these faults are trifling. Overall a very tidy example of a work of this date. Dated 1534 on the title page, but possibly printed in 1540. 'Several other works were formerly but mistakenly attributed to Sir Anthony. The Boke of Husbandrie and The Boke of Surveyinge, both printed in 1523, were by one Master Fitzherbarde, but this is now known to have been the judge's brother John.' DNB. ESTC records copies with the last leaf as blank, but since this would be N3, this seems a bit unlikely particularly as those copies on COPAC have no such blank. We can send images of this book on request. [Attributes: Hard Cover]