James Anderson — The Bee, or Literary Weekly Intelligencer (Volume Eighth)

Edinburgh , Printed for the Editor , 1792. First edition. Leather. A very scarce volume of James Anderson's weekly periodical 'The Bee', comprising articles on politics, literary reviews, memoirs and poetry. The first edition of the very scarce eighth volume of The Bee, containing issues for March 7th - May 2nd 1792.  In a later quarter crushed morocco binding, with marbled paper covered boards and renewed endpapers. Original blanks bound in.  Illustrated with two engraved portraits and one further engraved view of Scotland. Collated, complete.  Among the content published for this volume inclues an account of a voyage to the Hebrides by a committee of the British Fishery Society, memoirs of Abbe Blanchet, on the political progress of Britain, hints to traders in wood and manufacturers, on animal instinct, and a miscellaneous series of poems.  Largely written by himself, The Bee was began by Scottish agriculturist, journalist and economist, James Anderson.  In a later quarter crushed morocco binding, with marbled paper covered boards and renewed endpapers. Externally, with only minor shelf wear. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with occasional light scattered spots, heaviest to the first and last few leaves. Near Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Near Fine .