"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
Printed in black letter; title within architectural border, woodcut initials., Signatures: A-F8 (F8 probably blank, wanting). Upper and lower margins closely trimmed, a few headlines, signature marks and catchwords bled., and The Huth copy; no. 6533 in the sales cat.
Manuscript copy, made in the 18th century, sometime after 1723. "Un des quelques MS complets de l’ouvrage devenu celebre sous le titre de Testament du cure Meslier.
Subject (Name):
Catholic Church --Controversial literature
Subject (Topic):
Atheism, Christianity --Controversial literature, and Religion --Controversial literature
Bound with Harring, Harro. Historisches Fragment über die Entstehung der Arbeiter-Vereine und ihren Verfall in communistische Speculation. London, 1852.
