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BEVAN, EDWARD, M.D. The Honey-Bee; Its Natural History, Physiology and Management [Henry Stainton's copy]
London, Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy. 1827, First Edition. Hardbank. 120mm x 197mm tall (5" x 7.75" approx.). Pp xxviii, 404, with engraved vignette to half-title leaf and 18 text figs. Although re-spined and given a new paper label in the [recent?] past, the original boards have been retained and the contents are clean and tight. The 1832 dated signature of an early owner [one J.T. Stephens], and the decorative bookplate of Henry T. Stainton, Mountfield, Lewisham. [Henry Tibbats Stainton, entomologist and lepidopterist 1822-1892]. An excellent work, not only for the stated subjects, but also for the scholarly nature of its biographical content. [British Bee Bibliography ref. 201].
Offered for GBP 250.00 = appr. US$ 371.25 by: Christopher Baron - Book number: 001582
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