Bees.- Lawson (William) A new Orchard, and Garden; or
Bees.- Lawson (William) A new Orchard, and Garden; or, The best way for Planting, Grafting, and to make any ground good, for a rich Orchard, 2 parts in 1, woodcut title-vignette (repeated in text), other woodcut illustrations including 10 of knot-gardens, final blank leaf present, small hole in C2 affecting one word of text to verso, some foxing, later sprinkled calf, gilt, by Edmund Worrall of Birmingham, [Wing L730; cf. British Bee Books 20 for 1618 ed.], Printed by W. Wilson, for John Harison, 1648.
⁂ One of many 17th century editions. Part 2 The Country House-Wives Garden, has a separate title-page and includes a chapter on The Husbandry of Bees (pp.98-107) with a woodcut of a frame for holding hives.
Provenance: Ann Leighton (bookplate)
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Bees.- Lawson (William) A new Orchard, and Garden; or, The best way for Planting, Grafting, and to make any ground good, for a rich Orchard, 2 parts in 1, woodcut title-vignette (repeated in text), other woodcut illustrations including 10 of knot-gardens, final blank leaf present, small hole in C2 affecting one word of text to verso, some foxing, later sprinkled calf, gilt, by Edmund Worrall of Birmingham, [Wing L730; cf. British Bee Books 20 for 1618 ed.], Printed by W. Wilson, for John Harison, 1648.
⁂ One of many 17th century editions. Part 2 The Country House-Wives Garden, has a separate title-page and includes a chapter on The Husbandry of Bees (pp.98-107) with a woodcut of a frame for holding hives.
Provenance: Ann Leighton (bookplate)
