A Further Discovery of Bees. Treating of the nature, government, generation & preservation of the Bee
Moses Rusden
Edition:
1st Edition
Published By:
Printed for the author, and are to be sold at his house next the sign of the King's Arms
With the experiments and improvements arising from the keeping them in transparent boxes, instead of straw-hives, also proper directions to all such as keep Bees) as well to prevent their robbing in straws-hives, as their killing in the colonies. A treatise by Moses Rusden 'Bee-Master to charles II', containing practical information on keeping bees and benefits and disadvantages of different hives. This copy with three folding plans, showing hives on each plan, lacking the engraved frontispiece otherwise complete with all text. The original brown calf binding some, front free endpaper not present, some paper loss to one 141 & 143, not affecting the text, a good copy of this scarce early book on bee keeping, 141 pp.
Book Condition:
Good
Author:
Moses Rusden
Binding:
Harcback
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