Busch, W. Buzz a Buzz or The Bees. Translated by Rev. William Charles Cotton. Fac. Ed. Pub. NBB. 1982
pp.iv, 72, [10] with b/w. text illus. and 2 colour plates. 8vo. Hardback. Speckled decoration to fore edges of text block. Fine hardback in fine dw. With 2 pages of typed notes (by David A Smith, joint author of ‘British Bee Books - A bibliography 1500-1976’) about the Rev. W.C. Cotton and a review of this, Cotton’s third book which had become available as in facsimile.
A facsimile of the 1872 edition written by W. Busch and ‘done freely into English from the German’ by Rev. William Charles Cotton. Rather than ‘an accurate translation...Cotton wrote his comic tale to fit Busch’s drawings....the resulting book is both a comic tale and a commentary on Cotton’s latest views on beekeeping - notably upon the new bar frame hives which were becoming popular’ (Smith).
£50.00 [Ref: 59157]