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APICULTURE. - Della Rocca (Abbot). A complete treatise on bees, with a new method of governing them, as practised in Syra, an island in the Archipelago; preceded by a historical and economic account of this island. À Paris, de l'impr. de Monsieur, 1790. 3 vol. in-8, speckled calf, spines decorated with old red title-pieces, tr. j. (Rel. anc.). The first 290 pages of the first volume are devoted to the Island of Syra (history, economy, protection of the King of France (Louis XIII), language, agriculture, means to cure jaundice, etc..., with engraved folding view, all the rest of the work is devoted to bees with 4 folding plates, also engraved. A fine copy.
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APICULTURE. - Della Rocca (Abbot). A complete treatise on bees, with a new method of governing them, as practised in Syra, an island in the Archipelago; preceded by a historical and economic account of this island. À Paris, de l'impr. de Monsieur, 1790. 3 vol. in-8, speckled calf, spines decorated with old red title-pieces, tr. j. (Rel. anc.). The first 290 pages of the first volume are devoted to the Island of Syra (history, economy, protection of the King of France (Louis XIII), language, agriculture, means to cure jaundice, etc..., with engraved folding view, all the rest of the work is devoted to bees with 4 folding plates, also engraved. A fine copy.
