Status
Available
Local notes
940.1 Bie
Collection
Genres
Publication
Dorling Kindersley (1994), Edition: 1st, 32 pages
Description
Working from plans of an actual 14th century European castle, Stephen Biesty has sliced the building into various cross-sections, each one teeming with life and detail.
Subjects
Language
Original language
English
Physical description
32 p.; 10.89 inches
User reviews
LibraryThing member maryhs
Delightful...mostly historically accurate, but this beekeeper cringes each time she looks at the drawing of a supposedly medieval beekeeper wearing a 19th century veil and supposedly opening a skep as if on hinges. But skeps were essentially solid-walled baskets -- they had to be destroyed to be
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harvested. That was the whole point of the 19th century innovations that led to the modern Langstroth hive! Show Less
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Pages
32