Written when he was sixty-six years old, this is probably the last book which Markham wrote, and is one of his scarcest. “The practical instruction which he proceeds to give to the would-be-archer, of the bow and its use, the shooting-glove, the string, the shaft, the steel of the arrow, the feather, and the arrow-head, is reminiscent of Asham and may indeed be derived from his Toxophilus.”—Poynter.
Only two other copies have appeared at auction over the last 70 years, the Macclesfield copy sold by Sotheby’s 14th April 2005 lot 1311 £6,600 and the Fox Pointe copy sold by Forum Auctions 10th July 2019 lot 104 £5000.
STC 17333; Poynter, 40; Cockle, 129; Schwerdt II, p.10; Lake & Wright, p.199.