Selections from the Fox Pointe Manor Library

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Lot 54
  • 54

Butler, Charles

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 USD
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Description

  • The Feminin' Monarchi' or The Histori of Bee's... Oxford: William Turner, 1634
  • Paper, Ink, Leather
4to (186 x 138 mm). Text illustration of the hive and 4 pages of printed music; some intermittent marginal soiling. Contemporary calf; rebacked.

Literature

STC 4194; ESTC S106981

Catalogue Note

Butler's last revision of his classic work, the first full-length English language book on bee-keeping. He is credited with discovering the source of beeswax and that the Queen rules the hive.