$738
Beekeeping, Five Titles in French, 1740-1928. Louis Liger's Traite Curieux des Mouches a Miel , Paris: Saugrain, 1740, illustrated with two woodcuts, bound in full contemporary calf, gilt-tooled spine, red label, some water stains to contents, 6 1/4 x 3 1/2 in. Guillaume Louis Formanoir de Palteau's Nouvelle Construction de Ruches de Bois, avec la Facon d'y Gouverner les Abeilles , Metz: Collignon, 1756, octavo, extra engraved title, and five folding engraved plates bound after the text, bound in full contemporary sponge-decorated calf, spine tooled in gilt, red label, some marginal spots in text, 6 1/4 x 3 3/4 in. Jacques Joseph Ducarne de Blangy's Traite de l'Education Economique des Abeilles , Paris: Gueffier, 1771, two parts and supplement in one volume, two folding plates after the text, in full contemporary sponged calf, gilt-tooled spine, a bit dry, joints slightly cracked, headcap chipped, bottom half of text leaves water stained, 6 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. Beville's Traite de l'Education des Abeilles et leur Conservation , Paris: Demonville, 1804, author's manuscript presentation on title in a small hand; illustrated with one folding plate; [bound with] Lombard's Manuel Necessaire au Villageois pour Soigner les Abeilles , Paris: Migneret et al., 1802, octavo, with Lombard's signature at the foot of the "Avis" on the verso of the half-title, with two full page engravings, in contemporary half leather with paste paper boards, gilt-tooled spine, in a custom box, 7 3 Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2014-11-16
