The General Apiarian. Wherein a simple, humane and advantageous method of obtaining the produce of bees without destroying them, is pointed out in a series of letters to a friend.

Isaac, J.

Published by Fac. Ltd. Ed. Pub. BBNO. 2013

About this Item

pp.128 plus 1 plate. 8vo. Hardback. Handsomely bound in green boards with gilt lettering and bee motifs and housed in matching publisher s slipcase. New. A very pleasing facsimile of the now very scarce 2nd Edition (1803). Limited edition of 50 copies, each hand-numbered. "Isaac was Secretary to the Western Apiary Society, founded in 1799, to whom this book is inscribed. Both eds. [first and second] show a skep on the title page, and have a plate showing a bee house. The 1803 ed. has a description of the hive invented by Mr. James Roberts of Crediton, Devon, and an illustration of it on p.113" (Harding 156).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The General Apiarian. Wherein a simple, humane and advantageous method of obtaining the produce of bees without destroying them, is pointed out in a series of letters to a friend.
• Publisher: Fac. Ltd. Ed. Pub. BBNO. 2013
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New
• Seller catalogs:
  • Bees Books Published Between 1801 + 1900