[Natural History] Wildman, Thomas A Treatise on the Management of Bees; wherein is contained The Natural History of those Insects, with the various methods of cultivating them, both Ancient and Modern...To which is added the Natural History of Wasps and Hornets, and the means of destroying them London: printed for the Author, and sold by T. Cadell, 1768. First edition. 4to. (i)-xix, (i), 1-169, (1), (vi) pp.; errata on verso of last index leaf. Illustrated with three folding copper engraved plates, and complete with List of Subscribers. Modern three-quarter brown calf over marbled paper-covered boards, black morocco spine label, minor wear; modern endpapers; title-page lightly to moderately toned, discoloration to blank borders of title and dedication leaves, light offsetting from plates, light toning to errata, text variously toned. ESTC T101490; Walker p. 78. 'Thomas and Daniel Wildman, uncle and nephew, both achieved fame by trick performances with bees... Thomas, a Plymouth man, came to London in 1766...the journals of the day report his exploits... His treatise shows...an unusual knowledge of Continental bee-keeping..." (Walker, Catalogue of Bee Books, p. 78).
[Natural History] Wildman, Thomas A Treatise on the Management of Bees; wherein is contained The Natural History of those Insects, with the various methods of cultivating them, both Ancient and Modern...To which is added the Natural History of Wasps and Hornets, and the means of destroying them London: printed for the Author, and sold by T. Cadell, 1768. First edition. 4to. (i)-xix, (i), 1-169, (1), (vi) pp.; errata on verso of last index leaf. Illustrated with three folding copper engraved plates, and complete with List of Subscribers. Modern three-quarter brown calf over marbled paper-covered boards, black morocco spine label, minor wear; modern endpapers; title-page lightly to moderately toned, discoloration to blank borders of title and dedication leaves, light offsetting from plates, light toning to errata, text variously toned. ESTC T101490; Walker p. 78. 'Thomas and Daniel Wildman, uncle and nephew, both achieved fame by trick performances with bees... Thomas, a Plymouth man, came to London in 1766...the journals of the day report his exploits... His treatise shows...an unusual knowledge of Continental bee-keeping..." (Walker, Catalogue of Bee Books, p. 78).
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