{"product_id":"farming-and-memorandum-books-of-henry-best-of-elmswell-1642-the","title":"Farming and Memorandum Books of Henry Best of Elmswell, 1642, The","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the early 1640s Henry Best, a gentleman farmer of Elmswell in the East Riding of Yorkshire, composed an account of his farming practices.  The resulting Farming Book provides a unique account of seventeenth-century farming, of the marketing of agricultural produce, and of rural customs.  It is here published in a new transcription by Donald Woodward.  In addition, a complete transcript of Henry Best's Memorandum Book is published for the first time;  this volume\n\u003cbr\u003egives details of a wide range of day-to-day transactions mainly during the period 1617 to 1645.  The editor adds greatly to our knowledge of Henry Best, his family and estate in a substantial\n\u003cbr\u003eintroduction, and much ancillary documentary evidence is provided in a series of appendices. The volume is rounded off by an extensive new glossary prepared by Peter McClure.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44156810658030,"sku":"9780197260296","price":185.08,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/9612\/7726\/files\/9780197260296.jpg?v=1706219414","url":"https:\/\/bookland.com.au\/products\/farming-and-memorandum-books-of-henry-best-of-elmswell-1642-the","provider":"Book Land AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}