Item #23701 The Natural History of Bees, Containing an Account of their Production, their Oeconomy, the Manner of Making Wax and Honey, and the Best Methods for the Improvement and Preservation Them. Gilles Augustin Bazin, René-Antoine Ferchault de Réamur, P. Valiant.
The Natural History of Bees, Containing an Account of their Production, their Oeconomy, the Manner of Making Wax and Honey, and the Best Methods for the Improvement and Preservation Them
The Natural History of Bees, Containing an Account of their Production, their Oeconomy, the Manner of Making Wax and Honey, and the Best Methods for the Improvement and Preservation Them
The Natural History of Bees, Containing an Account of their Production, their Oeconomy, the Manner of Making Wax and Honey, and the Best Methods for the Improvement and Preservation Them

The Natural History of Bees, Containing an Account of their Production, their Oeconomy, the Manner of Making Wax and Honey, and the Best Methods for the Improvement and Preservation Them

London: Printed for J. and P. Knapton, 1745. First edition in English. Hardcover. Very good. Item #23701

8vo. (16), 452, (16)pp. 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.

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.

ESTC T61240.

Price: $1,000.00

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