$350
Estimate: $300 - $500
The Collection of Victor Niederhoffer, Part III
Auction: January 30, 2020 10:00:00 AM EDT
... l History of Wasps and Hornets, and the means of destroying them London: printed for the Author, and sold by T. Cadell, 1768. First edition. 4to. (i)-xix, (i), 1-169, (1), (vi) pp.; errata on verso of last index leaf. Illustrated with three folding copper engraved plates, and complete with List of Subscribers. Modern three-quarter brown calf over marbled paper-covered boards, black morocco spine label, minor wear; modern endpapers; title-page lightly to moderately toned, discoloration to blank borders of title and dedication leaves, light offsetting from plates, light toning to errata, text variously toned. ESTC T101490; Walker p. 78.
“Thomas and Daniel Wildman, uncle and nephew, both achieved fame by trick performances with bees... Thomas, a Plymouth man, came to London in 1766...the journals of the day report his exploits... His treatise shows...an unusual knowledge of Continental bee-keeping..." (Walker, Catalogue of Bee Books, p. 78).