Traité complet théorique et pratique sur les abeilles

Title: Traité complet théorique et pratique sur les abeilles

Author: Feburier, M. [Charles Romain]

Publication: Paris: De L'Imprimerie de Madame Huzard, 1810.

Description: Treatise on bees and beekeeping, including the natural history of bees, comparison of beekeeping methods and types of hives, and beekeeping by the ancient Greeks and Romans. First edition. Illustrated with one fold-out plate depicting bees and beehives. Bound in contemporary quarter leather (sheep?) with tan paper over boards, gilt spine and lettering piece. Octavo; 8.25 x 5.25 inches, with 10 x 10 inch fold-out plate; [4], iv, 460 pages, [1] folded leaf of plates; pi^4 1-28^8 29^6. Binding rather edgeworn and rubbed with a few ink stains, light dampstaining to first two and last two leaves of text, stains to endpapers, 2-inch closed tear to plate with tape repair on verso by former owner. Good to Very Good. Charles Romain Feburier (1764-183?) was a French lawyer and prosecutor who retired to Versailles and became an apiculturist and horticulturalist.