181. Bees.- Thorley (John) Melisselogia [graecé], or, the Female Monarchy , Being an Enquiry into the Nature, Order and Government of Bees, first edition, engraved frontispiece and 4 plates, 1 folding, list of subscribers, some offsetting, Weston Library bookplate of the Earl of Bradford, contemporary speckled calf, gilt rules, rubbed, rebacked, corners worn, flaw to lower cover, [British Bee Books 97], For the Author, 1744 § Cotton (William Charles) My Bee Book, additional title, plates, text-illustrations, original blind stamped cloth, worn, spine partly loose, Rivington, 1842 § Smith (Frederick) Catalogue of the British Bees in the Collection of the British Museum, second edition, 10 pp. advertisments at end, 11 plates, presentation bookplate of the Trustees of the British Museum, Welbeck Abbey Library inscription, original blind-stamped cloth, 1891 § Harding (Joan P., et al.) British Bee Books, a Bibliography 1500-1976, frontispiece, illustrations, 1999 errata slip inserted, original cloth, dust-jacket, 1979, and 2 others, 8vo (6)
est. £300 – £400