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174523701London: Printed for J. and P. Knapton 1745. First edition in English. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo. 16 452 16pp. Twelve folded leaves of plates. The final 16pp constitute an index. Recent full burgundy morocco spine in six compartments brown leather lettering label gilt. A very good copy. <br /> <p><br /> Translation of Histoire Naturelle des Abeilles an adaptation in the form of a dialogue of material from R.A.F. de Réaumur's Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire des insects published in Paris in 1744.<br /> <p><br /> ESTC T61240. Printed for J. and P. Knapton hardcover
174421178791744. For J. and P. Knapton and P. Vailant 1744. 8vo. Later full brown leather spine with raised bands and red gilt morocco lettering pieces; pp. xvi 452 16pp. index and 12 folding engraved plates at rear; occasional marginal annotation occasional very light spotting very good.First edition in English. Preface: ""The care and culture of Bees have always been one of the most agreeable and useful employments of a country life. The antients cultivated these animals with care from a prospect of honey which was among them as much in use as sugar among us. But since it has been thought proper to substitute sugar in the room of honey the latter has fallen into considerable discredit: but then in return wax has become the subject of a very considerable commerce . "" The book takes the form of a dialogue between ""Clarissa"" who needs to know more about every aspect of bees and bee-keeping and ""Eugenio"" the author in disguise. B.B.B. - ""There is no hint in the book as to who did the translation but it may well have been P. Vailant who is known to have been in Paris in 1739 and may have translated from the proofs. The Vailants were a French Protestant family who settled in The Strand as foreign booksellers at the time of The Revocation of the Edict of Nantes.British Bee Books 96. hardcover
1744043324Paris: Les Freres Guerin 1744. First Edition. Hardcover Half Leather. Very Good Condition. 2 volumes bound in one in contemporary 1/4 calf worn with a split to the spine leather and lacking the lettering piece but intact and still an attractive period binding now housed in a custom cloth clamshell box. Old notes to title title and half title loose scattered foxing and occasional stains discoloration to the final plate but generally very clean. xvi 412pp; iv 441 3pp with the 12 engraved plates and duplicates of plates 4 9 10 and 11. A mixture of observational natural history with the moral analogy to domestic economy and novelistic tone that was popular at the time. Size: Octavo 8vo. 2-volume set complete. Previous owner's book-plate inside front cover. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Natural History & Resources; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 043324. <br/><br/> Les Freres Guerin hardcover books
1746PS50-BC10282018-1662Thames & Hudson Ltd 1746-01-01. Hardcover. Good. VG/G. Very good condition no markings. Light wear to DJ. 1958 edition. Thames & Hudson Ltd hardcover
