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  • Root, A I and E R, Illustrated by Photos, Drawings, Diagrams, Engravings

    Publicado por Madina, Ohio: A I Root Company, 1913, Madina, Ohio, 1913

    Librería: BOPBooks, Tauranga, BOP, Nueva Zelanda

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    Hard Covers. Condición: G+. Estado de la sobrecubierta: None. Photos, Drawings, Diagrams, Engravings Ilustrador. Second. None. Second. 25cm By 17cm. The "Cyclopedia of everything pertaining to the care of the honey bee." first appeared in 1877 and there may have been three revised editions before this greatly revised and enlarged new edition appeared in 1913, bringing the number of copies up to 146,000. As well as the "care of the honey bee" the volume includes information, in alphabetical order, on hives, honey, implements, honey plants and used information provided by many expert bee-keepers. I A Root was responsible for the first edition and in the 1913 version his eldest son E R provides two third of the information. That it had become something of an international bee-keeper's bible is demonstratede by the transaltion of earlier work to French, German and portions to Russian and Spanish with a complete Spanish version of the 1913 volume then planned. 717 pages including beekeeper's dictionary, 47 page picture gallery followed by extended captions, index, followed by 11 pages adverts for beekeping and related publications, illustrated throughout text block by b/w photos, drawings, engravings, plans, diagrams etc. Black hard covers with gilt bee emblem at front, gilt spine titles slightly faded, wear over full length of spine front coverhinge, lesser at rear, wear at spine extremities, covers otherwise VG+ with few spots, Front cover slightly loose with 2cm tear gutter top FFEP and following page, decorated e/papers. Text block VG, clean, firm in covers, with irregular vertical edges. A heavy book, over 1.8kgs unpacked.