TUSSER, Thomas.

Five Hundred points of good husbandry.   London: Lackington, Allen & Co., 1812.

A new edition of Tusser's popular work on home economics; a poem in rhyming couplets recording the country year, first published in 1557. This edition contains "notes, georgical (sic), illustrative, and explanatory, a glossary and other improvements" by William Mavor. Tusser provides a mix of instruction and observation about farming and country customs which offers a fascinating insight into life in Tudor England, and the work records many terms and proverbs in print for the first time.

Tusser (1524-1580) served William I as a musician. He married, and settled as a farmer trading in oxen, sheep, dairies, and grain of all kinds. This work was first published as A hundreth good pointes in 1557 and as Five hundreth points in 1573.

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