John Fitzherbert, The Book of Surveying (1523)

Full Text
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Date
1523
Author
Book title
Here begynneth a ryght frutefull mater: and hath to name the boke of surueyeng and improumentes
Publication place
London
Printer
Richard Pynson
Transcription source
EEBO/TCP
Text type
printed book
Genre
Hard-word, term-of-art, and dialect dictionaries, glossaries, and definitions
Subject area
  • law
  • surveying
Summary
Explanations of manorial and feudal terms relating to surveying.
Language
headwords: English
explanations: English
explanations: English
Word-group
type: topical
number: 1
Word-entry
type: headword
number: 8
sample: The name of a surueyour is a frenche name / and is as moche to say in Englysshe as an ouerseer. (34r)
STC
11005
Other editions
1526: STC 11006;
1533: STC 11006.5;
1539: STC 11007-08;
1543: STC 11009;
1546: STC 11011;
1547: STC 11012;
1550: STC 11013, -13.3;
1560: STC 11013.6;
1567: STC 11014
Criticisms
Fitzherbert, Reginald. "The Authorship of the `Book of Husbandry' and the `Book of Surveying'." The English Historical Review 12.46 (1897): 225-36. view record