Taylor, H. The Bee-Keeper’s Manual. or Practical Hints on the Management and Complete Preservation of the Honey-Bee. 3rd. Corr. Ed. Pub. Groombridge. [1846]
pp.vi, 144 with b/w. illus. and 8 page publisher’s catalogue. Small 8vo. Hardback. Half-title removed. Early ownership label to front pastedown, later name and address to verso of frontis. Contents in thor. vg. condition. End-papers and text-block edges all marbled. Orig. gilt decorated cloth boards lightly marked and bumped, overall in good to vg. condition. Harding 227.
Entertaining and informative. This work came in seven different editions and formats, making them very interesting to collect.
£40.00 [Ref: 57160]