London (England) -- History -- 17th century -- Early works to 1800
Subject (Name):
City of London (England). Court of Aldermen -- Early works to 1800., City of London (England). Court of Common Council -- Early works to 1800, and Lane, Thomas, 1652-1709
Subject (Topic):
Elections -- England -- Early works to 1800., Peace officers -- England -- Early works to 1800., and Sheriffs -- England -- Early works to 1800
"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
Edward Millington (Firm) Millington, Edward, d. 1703
Published / Created:
1688
Call Number:
1979 601
Image Count:
9
Description:
Binder’s title: Catalogues 1683-1690., Bound in volume with 8 other works., Cropped with some loss of text, pagination., Pagination inconsistent., and Wing (2d ed.) C1415.
Publisher:
Catalogues are given by Mr. Dan. Brown, at the Black Swan without Temple-bar, Mr. Fox’s shop in Westminster-hall [etc.]
46 plates (some tab mounted and folded) : incl. tables, maps, diagrams., Autograph of Samuel Plowman[?], Blank pages counted but not scanned., Bound as a commonplace book with blank pages interspersed. Numerous notes in pencil and ink ., and Imperfect?: all editions listed in pre-1956 NUC and the BM cat. include text as well as plates.
Publisher:
And are sold by him at the Hermitage in Wapping: and by John Hills in Exchange Alley in Cornhill, London
Subject (Topic):
Almanacs, English and Astronomy --Early works to 1800