THORLEY, John. Melisselogia [graecè]. Or, the Female Monarchy. Being an Enquiry into the Nature, Order, and Government of Bees. London: for the author, 1744. 8°. Engraved frontispiece by Loveday and 4 plates, one folding, list of subscribers (3 wormholes in the inner margins at the beginning, ramifying between E4 and F8 and tapering to a single wormhole from G4, with occasional slight damage to text, a little browning and offsetting). Contemporary sheep (rebacked). FIRST EDITION. British Bee Books p.97.