Lot 292
Hartlib (Samuel) The Reformed Common-Wealth of Bees...with The Reformed Virginian Silk-Worm..., second edition, for Giles Calvert, 1655; ...His Legacie..., 1652, together 2 works in 1 vol.
Hammer Price: £3,500
Description
Hartlib (Samuel) The Reformed Common-Wealth of Bees...with The Reformed Virginian Silk-Worm..., 2 parts in 1 (first part bound after the second), first edition, first part with 2 woodcut illustrations and one engraved, title to the second part with typographical border, worming to lower margin touching a few letters, [British Bee Books 33; Wing H997],for Giles Calvert, 1655 bound with Samuel Hartlib His Legacie: or an Enlargement of the Discourse of Husbandry used in Brabant & Flaunders..., second edition, [Wing H990], by R. & W. Leybourn, for Richard Wodenothe, 1652, together 2 works in 1 vol., the second work bound first, browned, some soiling, old manuscript note in Latin tipped to title of second work (title becoming loose), later calf, rubbed, upper cover detached, small 4to
⁂ The Legacie contains two additional parts: 'An Appendix to the Legacie...' and An Interrogatory relating...to...Ireland'.
Description
Hartlib (Samuel) The Reformed Common-Wealth of Bees...with The Reformed Virginian Silk-Worm..., 2 parts in 1 (first part bound after the second), first edition, first part with 2 woodcut illustrations and one engraved, title to the second part with typographical border, worming to lower margin touching a few letters, [British Bee Books 33; Wing H997],for Giles Calvert, 1655 bound with Samuel Hartlib His Legacie: or an Enlargement of the Discourse of Husbandry used in Brabant & Flaunders..., second edition, [Wing H990], by R. & W. Leybourn, for Richard Wodenothe, 1652, together 2 works in 1 vol., the second work bound first, browned, some soiling, old manuscript note in Latin tipped to title of second work (title becoming loose), later calf, rubbed, upper cover detached, small 4to
⁂ The Legacie contains two additional parts: 'An Appendix to the Legacie...' and An Interrogatory relating...to...Ireland'.
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