BUTLER, Charles (1560-1647). The Feminin' Monarchi' or the histori of bee's. Oxford: William Turner, 1634.
BUTLER, Charles (1560-1647). The Feminin' Monarchi' or the histori of bee's. Oxford: William Turner, 1634.
Butler's revision of his classic work, the first full-length English language book on bee-keeping, printed in phonetic spelling. 'The Feminine Monarchie is an outstanding contribution to the literature of apiculture, particularly on the keeping of bees in traditional domed skep hives where the combs created by the bees adhere to the wall. Butler provides a commentary both on then current apicultural methods and on improved techniques based upon his own careful observations. In the 1609 edition he tried to indicate the piping noise of unmated queen bees by a system of musical notation. In the 1623 edition he expanded this into a four-part madrigal. The text still merits study by the serious beekeeper, although many of his technical terms fell out of use in the nineteenth century. (ODNB). STC 4194; ESTC S106981.
Quarto (187 x 140mm). Numerous text-illustrations, including one of the hive and 4 pages of printed music (D2 strengthened at fore-edge, very small hole in R1 with loss of a couple of letters, faint dampstaining mainly confined to margins). Contemporary calf (rebacked, joints starting to crack at head of spine). Provenance: Daniel Fleming (late 17th-century ownership inscription).
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BUTLER, Charles (1560-1647). The Feminin' Monarchi' or the histori of bee's. Oxford: William Turner, 1634.
Butler's revision of his classic work, the first full-length English language book on bee-keeping, printed in phonetic spelling. 'The Feminine Monarchie is an outstanding contribution to the literature of apiculture, particularly on the keeping of bees in traditional domed skep hives where the combs created by the bees adhere to the wall. Butler provides a commentary both on then current apicultural methods and on improved techniques based upon his own careful observations. In the 1609 edition he tried to indicate the piping noise of unmated queen bees by a system of musical notation. In the 1623 edition he expanded this into a four-part madrigal. The text still merits study by the serious beekeeper, although many of his technical terms fell out of use in the nineteenth century. (ODNB). STC 4194; ESTC S106981.
Quarto (187 x 140mm). Numerous text-illustrations, including one of the hive and 4 pages of printed music (D2 strengthened at fore-edge, very small hole in R1 with loss of a couple of letters, faint dampstaining mainly confined to margins). Contemporary calf (rebacked, joints starting to crack at head of spine). Provenance: Daniel Fleming (late 17th-century ownership inscription).
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