The Natural History of Bees. The Naturalist's Library. Entomology. Vol. VI.
by Sir William Jardine [editor]
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/N
- Seller
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Birsay, Orkney, United Kingdom
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About This Item
EDINBURGH: W H LIZARS, 1840 A very good copy of the first edition in the original publisher's cloth binding. With volume listing; black and white frontispiece portrait of Huber; hand coloured vignette title page showing bees; 2 further title pages; publisher's advert (which hints at authorship but does not give a name); contents listing; text with black and white illustrations; and 30 plates bound at the rear - of which 19 are hand coloured. The binding is bright and clean with some pulling to the spine ends and light chipping at the top spine end. Bottom corners lightly turned. There is a small dark mark at the bottom of the spine and a slight ripple to the cloth at the bottom edge of the front board. The original green endpapers are present in very good clean condition. Text pages and letterpress title pages are largely unopened - some stitching between the unopened pages is looking wobbly at the top. There is light toning to margins - and the top page edges tend to be darkened. Plates are very clean and bright.
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- Bookseller
- E C Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 033270
- Title
- The Natural History of Bees. The Naturalist's Library. Entomology. Vol. VI.
- Author
- Sir William Jardine [editor]
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- N
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- W H LIZARS
- Place of Publication
- EDINBURGH
- Date Published
- 1840
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Entomology; Jardine's Naturalist's Library; Bees, bee-keeping; nineteenth century bee books
- Bookseller catalogs
- NATURAL HISTORY; Invertebrates; Entomology/Insects;
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