The feminin' monarchi', or, The histori of bee's
Subtitle: shewing their admirable natur' and propertis, their generation and colonis, their government, loyalti, art, industri, enimi's, vvars, magnanimiti, [et]c. : together with the right ordering of them from tim' to tim', and the sweet' profit arising ther'of
By: written out of experienc' by Charls Butler ...
Contributors: Turner, William, d. 1643, printer.; English Printing Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Printed by William Turner, for de author
Published: 1634
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 182
Subjects: Bees -- Early works to 1800.; Spelling reform -- Early works to 1800.; Sound production by animals -- Early works to 1800.; English language -- Orthography and spelling -- Early works to 1800.
Genres: Early works to 1800.
Other titles: Feminine monarchie, or, The historie of bees; Feminin' monarchi'; Histori of bee's
Notes: STC (2nd ed.) 4194
Third ed.; 1st edition, 1609.
Printed according to the system of orthography proposed by the author in his English grammar, published 1633.
Errors in paging: 113-114 omitted.
Signatures: [par.]⁴ 2[par.]⁴ B-Z⁴ 2A².
"Melissomelos, or Bee's madrigall" (the song of the bees at swarming): 4 pages of table-music (p. 78-81).
LC copy has inscription: To R.W. Wynne, Esq. E.C. 1 Nov. 1832.