Langstroth on the Hive and Honey Bee; Revised Enlarged and Completed by Chas. Dadant & Son
by: LANGSTROTH Rev. Lorenzo Lorraine/Dadant Chas. & Son

Hardcover. Hamilton, Hancock County IL, Chas. Dadant & Son, 6th Ed., 1902, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, dark green cloth over boards, decorated on spine and front w/ gold varied titles, bees, honeyomb design. Two frontis. author portraits., one an etching the other a photo. With full plate illustrations in black and white, and throughout with textual line drawings and etchings. A wonderful book production published by the Dadant family, the pioneering firm that produced bee-keeping supplies and bee-related products since 1863. Lorenzo Lorraine Langstroth, the father of American apiculture, was also a clergyman and teacher, and is celebrated as the father of American beekeeping. First published in 1888. Rear hinge cracked otherwise clean and bright.