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The / Femininʻ Monarchiʻ, / Or / The Histori / Of Bee's.

Title
The / Femininʻ Monarchiʻ, / Or / The Histori / Of Bee's. / Shewing / Their admirable Naturʻ, and Propertis; / Their Generation and Colonis; / Their Government, Loyalti, Art, Industri; / Enimiʻs, VVars, Magnanimiti, &c. / Together / With the right Ordering of them from timʻ to timʻ: / and the sweetʻ Profit arising therʻ of. / Written out of Experiencʻ / By / Charls Butler, Magd. / ...
Author
Butler, Charles, -1647.
Publication
Oxford, / Printed by William Turner, for đe / Author, M.DC.XXXIV [1634]

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Additional Authors
  • Rimbault, Edward F. (Edward Francis), 1816-1876.
  • Turner, William, -1643.
  • Drexel Collection
Description
8 p. l., 182 (i.e. 180) p. illus., diagrs.; 19.5 cm.
Subject
  • Bees > Early works to 1800
  • Bee culture > Early works to 1800
  • Spelling reform > Specimens > Early works to 1800
  • Bees > Songs and music > Early works to 1800
  • Sound production by animals > Early works to 1800
  • Bees and beekeeping
Note
  • Third edition. First edition 1609.
  • Printed according to the system of orthography proposed by the author in his English grammar, published 1633.
  • "Melissomelos, or Bee's madrigall" (the song of the bees at swarming): 4 pages of table-music (p. 78-81)
Indexed In (note)
  • STC
  • Madan
  • Catalogue of the valuable library of the late Edward Francis Rimbault (London: Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge)
Provenance (note)
  • Copy in Drexel 4249 formerly owned by Edward F. Rimbault.
Call Number
*KC 1634 (Butler, C. Femininʻ Monarchiʻ)
LCCN
20014793
OCLC
23625182
Author
Butler, Charles, -1647.
Title
The / Femininʻ Monarchiʻ, / Or / The Histori / Of Bee's. / Shewing / Their admirable Naturʻ, and Propertis; / Their Generation and Colonis; / Their Government, Loyalti, Art, Industri; / Enimiʻs, VVars, Magnanimiti, &c. / Together / With the right Ordering of them from timʻ to timʻ: / and the sweetʻ Profit arising therʻ of. / Written out of Experiencʻ / By / Charls Butler, Magd. / ...
Imprint
Oxford, / Printed by William Turner, for đe / Author, M.DC.XXXIV [1634]
Indexed In:
STC 4194
Madan 780
Local Note
With autograph of H. Casamaijor.
Nos. 113-114 omitted in paging.
Copy in Drexel 4249: Lacking title page; substitute title page written out by unidentified hand (probably 19th century). Includes printed excerpt from unidentified dealer's catalog regarding the sale of this copy pasted on page opposite title page.
Indexed In:
Catalogue of the valuable library of the late Edward Francis Rimbault (London: Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge), p. 10, item 199.
Provenance
Copy in Drexel 4249 formerly owned by Edward F. Rimbault.
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Added Author
Rimbault, Edward F. (Edward Francis), 1816-1876. Former owner
Turner, William, -1643. Printer
Butler, Charles, -1647. Melissomelos, or Bee's madrigall.
Drexel Collection.
Research Call Number
*KC 1634 (Butler, C. Femininʻ Monarchiʻ)
Drexel 4249
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