A profitable instruction of the perfite ordering of bees, with the maruellous nature, propertie, and gouernements of them: and the necessarie vses both of their honie and waxe..
A 1579 London beekeeping manual by Thomas Hill, printed by Henrie Bynneman for readers interested in managing bees, their honey and wax. The pictures are decorated woodcut initial letters A, each a large capital framed by foliage, scrollwork, grotesque figures and fruit, offering a designer a range of Renaissance ornamental letterforms to adapt for display type.
