A theatre of politicall flying-insects. . Wherein especially the nature, the vvorth, the vvork, the wonder, and the manner of right-ordering of the bee, is discovered and described. Together with discourses, historical, and observations physical concerning them. And in a second part are annexed meditations, and observations theological and moral, in three centuries upon that subject. By Samuel Purchas, Master of arts, and pastor at Sutton in Essex. Entered according to order.
Samuel Purchas (1577-1626)
Category
Books
Date
1657
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
NT 3144863
Summary
Bibliographic description
[28], 111, 104-144, 153-207, [7], 257-387, [1] p. . 4to.. Old Wimpole shelfmark: Rr.8.5 [ink]. Two of the prelim. Leaves (c and vertical half-title) misbound between the two parts of the work.. Provenance: Pictorial bookplate: Ex Libris Rudyard Kipling AD 1894.. Binding: Seventeenth-century calf, rebacked; red spine label, gold-lettered: Puchas' [sic] Political flying insects.
Makers and roles
Samuel Purchas (1577-1626)