One of the earliest how-to books was published in 1569 and entitled, A booke of the arte and maner, how to plant and graffe all sortes of trees: With divers other new practise, by one of the Abbey of Saint Vincent in Fraunce by Leonard Mascall.
史上初の "how to" が題名に含まれるハウツー本の1つとして、ロンドンで本屋を営んでいた Thomas Wight が1569年に出版した A booke of the arte and maner, how to plant and graffe all sortes of trees: With divers other new practise, by one of the Abbey of Saint Vincent in Fraunce（Leonard Mascall 著）がある。