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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
17656142Amsterdam: Chez Changuion 1765. Very Good. Amsterdam: Chez Changuion 1765. Octavo; viii 268pp. Marbled calf with matching grisaille marbled textblock edges. Double-ruled gilt panel borders with ornaments at panel corners; gilt-embossed spine and title-lettering-though spine title now largely chafed away. Gilt inner dentelles vestiges of gilt edge tooling. Both panels stamped with gilt crest. Striking endpapers of purple and teal floral design manually printed on off-white laid paper.<br /> <br /> Signs of liquid discoloration to edges of panels and paste-downs perhaps related to the binding process since it has not touched the textblock. Front joint starting to show cracks at crown and foot but remains solid as do rear joint and hinges. Neat blue ink underscoring present solely on Table des Chapitres header.<br /> <br /> This is the original stand-alone essay that Voltaire published under a pseudonym and would later incorporate into his Essaie sur les moeurs. It contains the full dedication page to Catherine the Great: 'À Très Haute et Très Auguste Princesse Catherine II. Impératrice de Toutes les Russies Protectrice des Arts et des Sciences; Digne par Son Esprit de Juger des Anciennes Nations Comme Elle est Digne de Gouverner la Sienne. Offert très-humblement par le neveu de l'Auteur.'. Chez Changuion unknown
176539193Utrecht Aux dépens de la Compagnie 1765. Fine contemp. full mottled calf. Spine richly gilt. 8275 pp. Internally clean and fine. Last leaf with a small loss of paper in outher margin. One leaf with a small hole in text. <br/><br/><em>The work was first published in Russia in 1763 and in 1765 published in three different places in Europe. This fundamental work was written at the height of Voltaire's famous fight to "écraser l'Infame" which denoted fanatism superstition and intolerance; it also symbolized Christianity which he considered the most barbaric and cruel of all religions. </em> unknown
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
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. Les Freres Guerin hardcover
174429581744. : 85 Very Nice set plate 11part 1 and last blank missing a part of the white margin. Complete with 12 plates and 4 duplicatesas in other copies Part 1: 3 Blank pages / 1 Blank pages / 1 Blank pages / 16 Roman numbered pages / 412 Pages / 3 Blank pages / 9no's 12345691011 Folding Plates Part 2: 3 Blank pages / 1 Blank pages / 1 Blank pages / 4 Roman numbered pages / 441 Pages / 3 NNP / 3 Blank pages / 7no's 4789101112 Folding Plates Binding: Contemporary Full Leather Sextodecimo 16mo Height cm: 17 CM Width cm: 105 CM Thickness cm: 3 CM hardcover
174729361747. : 8 . Part 1: 2 Blank pages / XX Roman numbered pages / 328 Pages / 7 Engraved Plates Part 2: II Roman numbered pages / 298 Pages / 4 NNP / 2 Blank pages / 11 8-18 Engraved Plates Part 3: 2 Blank pages / 4 NNP / 424 Pages / 211-21 Engraved Plates Part 4: 4 NNP / 446 Pages / 2 Blank pages / 14 plates 22-35 Engraved Plates Binding: Contemporary Full Leather Duodecimo 12mo Height cm: 172 CM Width cm: 103 CM Thickness cm: 112 CM hardcover
174788549Chez les Freres Guerin 1747. Hardcover. Good/No jacket. Text in French. Covers are lightly scuffed. Edges of boards and spine are lightly rubbed especially at corners. Both spines are cracked near middle. Both volumes have stains on first 2 blank pages and vol. 2 has ink inscription on front end leaf; insides are otherwise clean and unmarked.<br /> <br /> 2 volumes of an eventual 4. Decorative gilt stamping on spines. 18 foldout intaglio prints. "Pour servir de suite a l'Histoire Naturelle des Abeilles Avec des digures en Taille-douce." 12mo. Full leather bindings. Chez les Freres Guerin hardcover
1747mon0003338012Paris: Chez les Freres Guerin 1747. Hardcover. Very Good. . Volume 1 only bound in full speckled calf with raised bands on the spine gilt decoration in compartements title and volume labels minor rubbing with cracked joints. Red tinted edges swirl-marbled endpapers. Contemporary signature of former owner on the verso of the front free endpaper. Pages bright and clean text intact and unmarred. Paris: Chez les Freres Guerin hardcover
