[ROOT, Amos Ives]. The A B C of Bee Culture: A Cyclopaedia of Everything Pertaining to the Care of the Honey-Bee: Bees, Honey, Hives, Implements, Honey Plants, &c. &c.: Compiled from Facts Gleaned from the Experience of Thousands of Bee-keepers, all over our Land, and afterward Verified by Practical Work in our own Aviary. Medina, Ohio: A. I. Root, 1883.
REPRINT, cloth-bound, hardcover, quarto (27cm x 17.5cm x 2cm), pp. [20], 288, 30. English text in double columns. Bound in publisher's original black cloth, decorated in blind and gilt, profusely illustrated, printed footnotes, glossary and index to rear. Condition: VERY GOOD. Binding tight, secure and square. Spine ends and points slightly rubbed. Interior very well-preserved. Without previous ownership markings. Scarce thus.
Notes: Rare illustrated beekeeping reference by Amos Root, who developed innovative beekeeping techniques in the United States during the mid‐19th century, a period when the industry played an important role in the economy of many communities. He founded his own company, which continues in business to the present day. His wide‐ranging interests and curiosity led him to become the only eyewitness to publish articles about successful airplane flights made by the Wright brothers in Ohio in 1904‐1905.
