Ants, bees, and wasps . A record of observations on the habits of the social hymenoptera by Sir John Lubbock, Bart. ...
Sir John Lubbock 1st Baron Avebury (1834-1913)
Category
Books
Date
1882
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Peckover House, Cambridgeshire
NT 3140354
Summary
Bibliographic description
xix,[1],448p.,[5] leaves of plates (col.) . ill.. . 8vo.. Not indigenous. Meade collection.. Provenance: Presented to the National Trust by Miss Daphne Meade, 1999, and formerly in the library of Thurland Castle, Lancashire. Nineteenth century armorial bookplate, signed "CWS", lettered: "Rev. The Honble. Sidney Meade". Ink stamp: "Frankleigh House Library".. Binding: Nineteenth century half cream leather; blue morocco over boards; black spine label, gilt lettered; marbled endpapers; binder's ticket: Aubrey Binder Salisbury.
Provenance
Presented to the National Trust by Miss Daphne Meade in 1999, and formerly in the library of Sidney Meade (1839-1917), Canon of Salisbury Cathedral, of Thurland Castle, Lancashire.
Makers and roles
Sir John Lubbock 1st Baron Avebury (1834-1913)