explaining not only the terms of art but the arts themselves

containing rules for performing, in the most profitable manner, the whole business of the farmer, and country gentleman in cultivating, planting, and stocking of Land ... : together with the most approved methods of practice in the several branches of husbandry, from sowing the seed, to getting in the crop; and in breeding and preserving cattle, and curing their diseases : to which is annexed, the whole management of the orchard, the brewhouse, and the dairy : compiled from the original papers of the late Thomas Hale Esq. and enlarged by many new and useful communications on practical subjects, from the collections of Col. Stevenson, Mr. Randolph, Mr. Hawkins, Mr. Storey, Mr. Osborne, the Rev. Mr. Turner, and others ... : illustrated with a great number of cuts, containing figures of the instruments of husbandry; of useful and poisonous plants, and various other subjects, engraved from original drawings

in XII libros digestus

quo divinum subterrestris mundi opificium, mira ergasteriorum naturae in eo distributio, verbo pantamorphon protei regnum, universe denique naturae majestas & divitiae summa rerum varietate exponuntur, abditorum effectuum causae acri indagine inquisitae demonstrantur, cognitae per artis & naturae conjugium ad humanae vitae necessarium usum vario experimentorum apparatu, necnon novo modo & ratione applicantur : ad Alexandrum VII. Pont. Opt. Max

nelle quali in XVII. libri con varie prove & ragioni, mostrasi ogni prattica naturale & artificiale; i modi & le regole da gli antichi & moderni usate nell'arte mercantile & ove interviene calcolo, pesi, denari, tariffe, calmeri, baratti, cambi di banchieri, e di fiere, saldi, sconti, giuochi, traffico di compagnie, compre, vendite, portar mercantie da un paese all'altro, convertir monete, congiungimento di metalli & opere de' zecchieri ....

partis secundae, seu physicae sectionis tertiae membra duo ; De rebus terrenis inanimis ; De rebus terrenis viventibus, seu de animalibus : adiecta est pars tertia, quae est ethica, siue de moribus