"An Epitome of Mr. Levett's Treatise of the Ordering of Bees, by [T.F.?], Arm:," separately paginated, follows the author's own treatise., Annotated drawings of beehives in the same hand, p. 31 and p. 81., Manuscript on paper, in a single cursive hand, of a practical guide to profitable beekeeping for "any poor man that hath but a cottage and a Yard in it." The text covers every aspect of beekeeping from the initial selection of bees through directions for straining honeycombs. There is lengthy discussion of the proper location of hives, and the author recommends stacked wooden boxes, or "stalls," rather than the traditional straw hives., The author also comments on his own twenty years of experience with beekeeping; the outbreak of plague in Newcastle in 1636; the destruction of his first hives by the "Scots army" near Newcastle in February 1642; and his decision to write this work despite his lack of notes "haveing much idle time during my imprisonement at Winchester house.", and The text is followed by a detailed and heavily annotated thirty page table of contents in the same hand.
Description:
Accompanied by typed transcript of the Treatise of Bees &c only., Binding: nineteenth-century full calf., Blanks not digitized., Bound in modern page at front of volume annotated in a modern hand with bibliographic information and a summary of "T. F."'s biography., For information on the source of acquisition, consult the appropriate curator., and Tightly bound with some loss of text in the gutter.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain--History--Civil War, 1642-1649, Great Britain--History--Civil War, 1642-1649--Prisoners and prisons, and Great Britain--Politics and government--1642-1660
Subject (Name):
Levett, John.--Ordering of bees
Subject (Topic):
Agriculture--Economic aspects--England--Northumberland, Bee culture--Early works to 1800, Bee culture--Handbooks, manuals, etc, Beehives, Beekeepers--Handbooks, manuals, etc, and Plague--England--17th century
Signatures: [A]-Aa4Bb2. and With reproduction of engraved t.p. of the 1643 edition: A direction for the English traviller ... [London] Are to be sold by Thomas Jenner ... 1643. Jacob van Langeren sculp:
Publisher:
Printed by M.S. for Tho.: Jenner, at the South-entrance of the Royall Exchange,
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain--Gazetteers and Great Britain--Maps
Subject (Topic):
Roads --Great Britain --Maps --Early works to 1800
Dedicatory preface to "the right honourable my most deare mother the Lady Elizabeth Cope," offering her this volume as "speciall testimony of his duty." and Manuscript, on paper, in a single secretary hand of a travel narrative relating Cope's observations and experiences during an 18-month sojourn in France. Following some careful general notes on French geography and history, Cope details his journey to Paris, where he toured the principal cathedrals, palaces, public buildings and parks. He viewed the Carnival observances and attended services at the Jesuit church in St. Germain, hearing a sermon "against the protestant religion, and....cheifly against the English nation" which was also attended by "the English queene." Cope then traveled through Orleans to Saumur, where he lived and studied for a year. He calls it "a very little Citty....but one of the most agreeable in France" and carefully describes landscapes, gardens, bridges and buildings, the politeness of its citizens, and local pastimes such as golf, tennis and squittles [skittle]. He also took excursions to sites such as Richelieu's palace at Champigny, and lived for some months in Angers, which he found "stuffd with churches." Cope returned to England via Paris and Rotterdam.
Description:
Binding: contemporary full red morocco, decorated in gilt, with central gilt lozenges on both boards., Ex libris John Mordaunt Cope. Purchased from Arthur Freeman on the Hazel M. Osborn Fund, 2004., Shelf mark on front pastedown., and Sir John Cope was the third son of Sir John Cope of Hanwell by his second wife, Lady Elizabeth Fane, daughter of the Earl of Westmorland. He matriculated at Queen's College, Oxford in 1651; held a command at Dunkirk in 1662, and succeeded to the baronetcy in 1675. He married Anne Booth. Cope served as MP for Oxfordshire 1679-90, and for Banbury in 1699-1700. He died January 11, 1721 and was succeeded by his eldest son, also named John.
Subject (Geographic):
Angers (France)--Description and travel., France--Description and travel., Paris (France)--Description and travel., Saumur (France)--Description and travel., and Saumur (France)--Social life and customs.
Subject (Name):
Catholic Church--Customs and practices., Cope, Elizabeth Fane,--Lady,--1610-1669., Cope, John Mordaunt,--Sir,--1732 or 33-1779--Bookplate., Cope, John,--Sir,--d. 1721., and Henrietta Maria,--Queen, consort of Charles I, King of England,--1609-1669.
Subject (Topic):
Carnival--France., Grand tours (Education), and Travelers' writings, English.