Rocca, l'abbé della.

Estimate

1,200 - 1,800 GBP

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Description

Traité sur les abeilles, avec une méthode nouvelle de les gouverner, telle qu'elle se pratique à Syra, île de l'Archipel. Paris: Imprimerie de Monsieur... chez Bleuet père, 1790

first edition, 3 volumes, 8vo (210 x 130mm.), half-title in volume 3 (not called for in other volumes), 5 folding engraved plates, 2 errata leaves at end of both volume 1 and 2, modern morocco-backed boards, spines gilt, uncut, one plate torn and repaired (no loss), slightly spotted

Literature

Blackmer 1437

Catalogue Note

rare. Della Rocca spent many years on the island of Syros where he was impressed by their agricultural techniques, particularly their bee-keeping. This treatise on bee-keeping is preceded by a general description of the island, accompanied by a view.