A FURTHER DISCOVERY OF BEES. Treating of the Nature, Government, Generation & Preservation of the Bee. With the Experiments and Improvements arising from the keeping them in transparent Boxes, instead of Straw-hives.
Language: English
Published by London printed for the author and are to be sold at his house next the sign of the King’s Arms in the Bowling-Alley near the Abby in Westminster: and by Henry Million bookseller at the Bible in the Old-Bayley, 1679
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Seller: Roger Middleton P.B.F.A., Oxford, United KingdomRoger Middleton P.B.F.A.
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TITLE CONTINUED: Also proper directions (to all such as keep bees) as well to prevent their robbing in straw-hives, as their killing in the colonies. By Moses Rusden, an apothecary; bee-master to the King’s most excellent Majesty. Published by His Majesties especial command, and approved by the Royal Society at Gresham Coll. FIRST EDITION 1679. Small 8vo, approximately 170 x 95 mm, 6½ x 4 inches, engraved frontispiece by Henry Million plus 3 folding plates, pages: [24], 1-144, last page blank, rebound in full modern calf, gilt lettered green label, author's gilt name and gilt rules to spine between raised bands, new brown endpapers. Neat vertical repair to inner margin on blank side of frontispiece with pale browning to foot, title page and frontispiece lightly dusty, old ink name to top of title page, 2 outer margins neatly replaced, 1 outer margin slightly trimmed, varying pale brown staining, some with tide mark to lower part of pages 81-100, all text legible (see attached images), 1 corner neatly repaired, pale age-browning to margins, a few margins lightly soiled, not affecting text, old ink stain to first pastedown and small ink splash to last free endpaper, 2 leaves lightly dusty. A very good copy with some minor repairs and staining. Moses Rusden was appointed Beemaster to the King at the instigation of John Evelyn who had a copy of this title in his library. Rusden firmly believed that a hive was led by a King and not a Queen. In 1679, Rusden improved Geddie's hive, and put a frame in it for the bees to fasten their combs upon. See: British Bee Books, A Bibliography 1500-1976, page 61, No. 55; Walker, Catalogue of Bee Books, page 61; Geoffrey Keynes, John Evelyn, A Study in Bibliophily, page 300, No. 83; Catalogue of the Pepys Library at Magdalene College Cambridge, Volume 7, Alphabet section, page 208, No. 542; ESTC R11920. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. Postage at cost and all parcels sent fully tracked and fully insured. …
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- Title
- A FURTHER DISCOVERY OF BEES. Treating of the Nature, Government, Generation & Preservation of the Bee. With the Experiments and Improvements arising from the keeping them in transparent Boxes, instead of Straw-hives.
- Author
- RUSDEN, Moses. Bee-Master to the King's most excellent Majesty.
- Publisher
- London printed for the author and are to be sold at his house next the sign of the King’s Arms in the Bowling-Alley near the Abby in Westminster: and by Henry Million bookseller at the Bible in the Old-Bayley
- Publication year
- 1679
- Condition
- Very good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Edition
- 1st Edition
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Roger Middleton P.B.F.A.
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