Information on markham-e2

PPCEME information

Filename markham-e2
Author Markham, Gervase
Birthdate b. c1568, d. 1637 (Encyclopedia Britannica)
Manuscript n/a
Date of composition 1615
Genre HANDB OTHER
Edition Markham, Gervase. 1973 (facsimile). Countrey Contentments, 1615. In two bookes: The first, containing the whole art of riding ... The second intituled, The English Huswife ... The English Experience, 613. Amsterdam: Theatrvm Orbis Terrarvm and New York: Da Capo Press.
Sample 1,71.10-1,79.13 (Chapters 4-5) (Helsinki 1),
1,79.14-1,103.9 (Chapter 6-middle of Chapter 7) (Penn 1),
2,104.15-2,114.13 (beginning of Chapter 4) (Helsinki 2),
2,114.14-2,128.24 (end of Chapter 4-5) (Penn 2)
Remarks In the original edition, the end of Book 1 contains several typos: Chapter 7 is misnumbered 8 (there is also a true Chapter 8), and pp. 1,89 and 1,98 are misnumbered 98 and 8, respectively.

Helsinki Corpus information

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<N COUNTRY CONT>
<A MARKHAM GERVASE>
<C E2>
<O 1570-1640>
<M X>
<K X>
<D ENGLISH>
<V PROSE>
<T HANDB OTHER>
<G X>
<F X>
<W WRITTEN>
<X MALE>
<Y 40-60>
<H PROF>
<U NON-PROF>
<E X>
<J X>
<I X>
<Z INSTR SEC>
<S SAMPLE X>