The perfect vse of silk-vvormes, and their benefit : With the exact planting, and artificiall handling of mulberrie trees whereby to nourish them, and the figures to know how to feede the wormes, and to winde off the silke. And the fit maner to prepare the barke of the white mulberrie to make fine linnen and other workes thereof. Done out of the French originall of D'Oliuier de Serres Lord of Pradel into English, by Nicholas Geffe Esquier. With an annexed discourse of his owne, of the meanes and sufficiencie of England for to haue abundance of fine silke by feeding of silke-wormes within the same; as by apparent proofes by him made and continued appeareth. For the generall vse and vniuersall benefit of all those his countrey men which embrace them. Neuer the like yet here discouered by any.
| Author/creator | Serres, Olivier de |
| Other author | Geffe, Nicholas. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | At London : Imprinted by Felix Kyngston, and are to be sold by Richard Sergier and Christopher Purset, with the assignment of William Stallenge, 1607. |
| Description | [8], 81 [i.e. 97], [5], 14, [4] p. : ill. (woodcuts) |
| Supplemental Content | https://search.proquest.com/docview/2240919185 |
| Subjects |
| Uniform title | Theatre d'agriculture et mesnage des champs. Part 5. Chapter 15. English |
| Variant title | Le theatre d'agriculture et mesnage des champs. Part 5. Chapter 15. |
| Variant title | Perfect use of silk-wormes, and their benefit. |
| Variant title | Discourse of his owne. |
| Variant title | Discourse of his ovvne. |
| Series | Early English books online. ^A888680 |
| General note | A translation of part 5, chapter 15 of: Le theatre d'agriculture et mesnage des champs. |
| General note | At foot of title: Cum privilegio. |
| General note | P. 97 misnumbered 81. |
| General note | With a final leaf bearing "To the reader" on recto and errata on verso; the last leaf is blank. |
| General note | "A discourse of his ovvne" by Nicholas Geffe has separate divisional title and pagination; register is continuous. |
| General note | Verso of title page blank. Variant: with royal arms on verso. |
| General note | An imprint variant of STC 22249.3. |
| General note | Reproduction of the original in the British Library. |
| General note | Only title page of "A discourse of his owne" filmed. |
| References | STC (2nd ed.) 22249. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 723:23) |
| Stock number | CL0036000020 ProQuest. 789 E. Eisenhower Parkway, Ann Arbor, MI 48108-3218 |
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