Butler, Rev. Charles. (& Owen, John (Ed.)). The Feminine Monarchie or The History of Bees. Showing their admirable nature and properties, their generation and colonies, their government, loyalty, art, industry, enemies, wars, magnanimitie, together with the right ordering of them from time to time: And the sweet profit arising thereof.
Facs. Ed. Pub. Northern Bee Books. 2017 pp.iv, 140 with b/w. photo. and illus. 8vo. A new softback.
This is the first new edition of ‘The Feminine Monarchie’ to be published for over 300 years. It contains a new introduction, as well as annotations and a glossary of the more obscure words used by Butler. The spelling and grammar have been modernised throughout. This edition has been prepared from the 1623 edition, which includes Butler’s famous ‘Bees Madrigal’.
£16.50 [ref: 52275]

Butler, Rev. Charles. (& Owen, John (Ed.)). The Feminine Monarchie or The History of Bees. Showing their admirable nature and properties, their generation and colonies, their government, loyalty, art, industry, enemies, wars, magnanimitie, together with the right ordering of them from time to time: And the sweet profit arising thereof.
Facs. Ed. Pub. Northern Bee Books. 2017 pp.iv, 140 with b/w. photo. and illus. 8vo. Fine softback with two small marks to top-edge of textblock.
This is the first new edition of ‘The Feminine Monarchie’ to be published for over 300 years. It contains a new introduction, as well as annotations and a glossary of the more obscure words used by Butler. The spelling and grammar have been modernised throughout. This edition has been prepared from the 1623 edition, which includes Butler’s famous ‘Bees Madrigal’.
£12.50 [ref: 69043]

Chomel, Noel. A Dissertation on Bees.
Rev. Illus. Ed. Pub. Elmwood. 2004 pp.24 with illustrations. 8vo. Nr. fine softback.
‘This dissertation on bees by Noel Chomel (1632-1712) first appeared in Paris in 1709. This extract is based on the English edition which had been revised by Richard Bradley (1688-1732). This is a completely revised edition edited and illustrated by Dr. L.R. Croft.’
£7.50 [ref: 71327]

Columella, Lucius Junius Moderatus. Of Husbandry. In Twelve Books: And His book Concerning Trees.
1st. Eng. Ed. Pub. A. Millar 1745 pp.xiv, 600 plus index. Intermittent foxing. Hinges neatly repaired. Red sprinkle decoration to fore-edges of text block. More recent quarter calf spine added to contemporary boards showing some rubbing. With contemporary armorial bookplate of Thomas Boswall Esq. of Blackadder and with ‘W. Phorson’s Circulating Library’ label (c.1800) to front paste-down. Contents very clean, with a little scattered foxing. Overall a vg. copy. (Harding 98).
Columella is considered the most important writer on agriculture of the Roman Empire. ‘Of Husbandry’ is a fascinating work with chapters dedicated to beekeeping, the husbandry of land, vines, livestock, poultry and fruit growing. ‘Columella, a Spaniard [believed of Roman parentage], wrote about a century after Virgil. He saw service in the East and then settled on an estate near Rome. Probably a commercial beekeeper, he gave very detailed and well conceived advice on many aspects of apiary management, including requeening, uniting and migratory beekeeping’ (Fraser).
£775.00 [ref: 46415]

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Hill, Sir J. The Virtues of Honey.
Pub. Elmwood Books. 2004 pp.40 with line drawings. 8vo. Spine very gently sunned o/w. fine softback.
Sir John Hill was born in Peterborough in 1716 and the first edition of ‘The Virtues of Honey’ was published in 1759. This new edition is illustrated by Laurie Croft.
£7.00 [ref: 68902]

Hill, Sir J. The Virtues of Honey.
Pub. Elmwood Books. 2004 pp.40 with line drawings. 8vo. Minor mark to front cover o/w. a fine softback.
Sir John Hill was born in Peterborough in 1716 and the first edition of ‘The Virtues of Honey’ was published in 1759. This new edition is illustrated by Laurie Croft.
£7.00 [ref: 68905]

Hill, Sir J. The Virtues of Honey.
Pub. Elmwood Books. 2004 pp.40 with line drawings. 8vo. Fine softback.
Sir John Hill was born in Peterborough in 1716 and the first edition of ‘The Virtues of Honey’ was published in 1759. This new edition is illustrated by Laurie Croft.
£7.50 [ref: 68901]

Hill, Sir J. The Virtues of Honey.
Pub. Elmwood Books. 2004 pp.40 with line drawings. 8vo. Fine softback.
Sir John Hill was born in Peterborough in 1716 and the first edition of ‘The Virtues of Honey’ was published in 1759. This new edition is illustrated by Laurie Croft.
£7.50 [ref: 68906]

Hill, Sir J. The Virtues of Honey.
Pub. Elmwood Books. 2004 pp.40 with line drawings. 8vo. A hint of sunning to spine o/w. a fine softback.
Sir John Hill was born in Peterborough in 1716 and the first edition of ‘The Virtues of Honey’ was published in 1759. This new edition is illustrated by Laurie Croft.
£7.00 [ref: 68904]

Keys, John. The Antient [Ancient] Bee-Master’s Farewell. Or, full and plain directions for the management of bees to the greatest advantage; disclosing further improvements of the hives, boxes, and other instruments, to facilitate the operations; especially that of separating double and treble hives or boxes, with certainty and safety, without injuring the bees.....interspersed with new but important observations.
1st. Ed. Pub. Robinson, London. 1796 pp.xvi, 273 with two plates, half-title and full-title. Contents thor. vg. to nr. fine. More recent quarter-calf leather binding with marbled boards. Leather spine has raised bands and gilt lettering. Binding in fine condition. A lovely copy. Scarce. (Harding 154).
John Keys was a Welsh Bee-keeper and indeed wrote this work from Bee-Hall near Pembroke. His book was based on his considerable amount of experience, as he put it his ‘series of experiments of during thirty years.’.
£600.00 [ref: 45360]

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