1730c Bee keeping, hives, rare quarto engraving, agriculture, first state

Fascinating engraving which was later copied for the Nouveau Maison Rustique of 1775. 

This early 18th Centuruy issue used to illustrate a French edition of Virgil’s Georgics.

22 x 17.2 cm

Titled ‘Clestia dom exsequar’.

Old mounting tabs to verso (out corners).