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Author: Thorley, John [1671 - 1759]
Title: MELISSELOGIA: or, The FEMALE MONARCHY. Being an Inquiry into the Nature, Order, and Government Of BEES, Those Admirable, Instructive, and Useful Insects. With a New, Easy, and Effectual Method to preserve them, not only in Colonies, but common Hives, from that cruel Death, to which their Ignorant, Injurious, and most Ingrateful Owners so commonly condemn them. A Secret unknown to past Ages, and now Published for the Benefit of Mankind. Written upon Forty Years Observation and Experience
Description: London: Printed for the Author, and Sold by N. Thorley, and J. Davidson . 1744. 1st edition (Harding et al, BRITISH BEE BOOKS, 97). Handsome modern dark tan half-calf binding, skillfully executed in a period style, with muted green marbled paper boards. xliii, [3], 206, [2] pp. Frontispiece. 4 inserted copperplate engravings, one folding. 8vo: a - b^8 c - d^4 [-d4, = frontis?] B - O^8. 7-3/4" x 4-7/8". Binding - Fine. Text-block ex-lib, with 2 library stamps. Period pos & notes, dated 1744, to preliminary blank. VG+. "Of English writers, Thorley was the first to mention having found wax scales in the pockets of worker bees. The frontispiece is a copy of Cesi's three bees- the first drawing of bees made with the aid of a microscope, 1625." [Harding, et al].
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Title: MELISSELOGIA: or, The FEMALE MONARCHY. Being an Inquiry into the Nature, Order, and Government Of BEES, Those Admirable, Instructive, and Useful Insects. With a New, Easy, and Effectual Method to preserve them, not only in Colonies, but common Hives, from that cruel Death, to which their Ignorant, Injurious, and most Ingrateful Owners so commonly condemn them. A Secret unknown to past Ages, and now Published for the Benefit of Mankind. Written upon Forty Years Observation and Experience
Description: London: Printed for the Author, and Sold by N. Thorley, and J. Davidson . 1744. 1st edition (Harding et al, BRITISH BEE BOOKS, 97). Handsome modern dark tan half-calf binding, skillfully executed in a period style, with muted green marbled paper boards. xliii, [3], 206, [2] pp. Frontispiece. 4 inserted copperplate engravings, one folding. 8vo: a - b^8 c - d^4 [-d4, = frontis?] B - O^8. 7-3/4" x 4-7/8". Binding - Fine. Text-block ex-lib, with 2 library stamps. Period pos & notes, dated 1744, to preliminary blank. VG+. "Of English writers, Thorley was the first to mention having found wax scales in the pockets of worker bees. The frontispiece is a copy of Cesi's three bees- the first drawing of bees made with the aid of a microscope, 1625." [Harding, et al].
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Price: US$ 1375.00 Seller: Tavistock Books, ABAA
- Book number: 34510
- Book number: 34510
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