01106cam a2200205 a 4500001001300000003000400013005001700017008004100034010001700075040004700092050001700139082001100156100004300167245041400210260008700624300005200711500004000763500006600803650003100869agr16000992 DLC20260227110938.0800205s1657    enk           000 0 eng c  aagr16000992   aU.S. Dept. of Agr. LibraryedcrbcDLCdDLC00aQL568.A6bP8  a638.121 aPurchas, Samuel,d-approximately 1658.12aA theatre of politicall flying-insects :bwherein 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 /cby Samuel Purchas ...  aLondon :bPrinted by R.I. for Thomas Parkhurst, to be sold at his shop ...,c1657.  a[28], 207, [9], 257-387, [1] p. ;c20 cm. (4to)  a"The second part" has separate t.p.  aSignatures: A⁴ a-b⁴ c² B-2E⁴ 2L-3C⁴ 3D². 2E3 blank. 0aBeesvEarly works to 1800.