{"product_id":"the-farming-and-memorandum-books-of-henry-best-of-elmswell-1642-records-of-social-and-economic-history-0197260292","title":"The Farming and Memorandum Books of Henry Best of Elmswell, 1642 (Records of Social and Economic History)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0197260292\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Woodward, D.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\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 gives 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 introduction, 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":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51666829803808,"sku":"NEW0197260292","price":94.87,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/31D8LI5aElL.jpg?v=1778949764","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/the-farming-and-memorandum-books-of-henry-best-of-elmswell-1642-records-of-social-and-economic-history-0197260292","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}