The Natural History of Selborne; with Observations on Various Parts of Nature; and the Naturalist's Calendar ... with additions and supplementary notes by Sir William Jardine ... edited, with further illustrations, a biographical sketch of the author, and a complete index, by Edward Jesse ....
by WHITE, Gilbert
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About This Item
London, Henry G. Bohn, 1861.. 8°, green publisher's cloth (spine faded and with paper tag, minor wear). Scattered faint foxing, heavier on frontispiece. Overall in good to very good condition. Signature of T.J. Hawley on title page; purple oval stamp several times at end of the English College, College Shop in Lisbon. Frontis, xxiv, 416 pp., 40 wood-engraved plates; advts. printed in blue on 3 ll. each at front and back, and on pastedowns. *** Gilbert White (1720-1793), a pioneering English naturalist and ornithologist, has been hailed as England's first ecologist. His Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne has been continuously in print since its original appearance in 1789, and is sometimes called the fourth most-published book in the English language (following the Bible, Shakespeare, and Pilgrim's Progress).*** NUC: MH, MdBP.
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- Bookseller
- Richard C. Ramer Old & Rare Books (US)
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- 24354
- Title
- The Natural History of Selborne; with Observations on Various Parts of Nature; and the Naturalist's Calendar ... with additions and supplementary notes by Sir William Jardine ... edited, with further illustrations, a biographical sketch of the author, and a complete index, by Edward Jesse ....
- Author
- WHITE, Gilbert
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London, Henry G. Bohn, 1861.
- Keywords
- science, natural history, botany, calendars, gardening, birds, deer, weather, hedgehogs, rodents, Maggots, Insects, Ecology, Naturalists
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