The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne, in the County Of Southampton: With Engravings and an Appendix
by White, Gilbert
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Whitby, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Menston, Yorkshire: The Scolar Press Limited, 1973. Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo (imperial). A Scolar Press Facsimile. Originally published by T. Bensley, London, 1789. v, 468 p.p., [13 p.p.]. Tan cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. T.E.G. Light wear to edges and corners, a few scuffs to boards, else fine. Fold-out B&W frontis + [1 fold-out engraving, 4 plates]. This book has a compilation of 44 letters nominally to Thomas Pennant, a leading British zoologist, and 66 letters to Daines Barrington, an English barrister and Fellow of the Royal Society. These 'letters' detail the natural history of the area around his family home at the vicarage of Selborne. Many of them were never posted, and were written especially for the book.
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- Bookseller
- Minotavros Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002843
- Title
- The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne, in the County Of Southampton: With Engravings and an Appendix
- Author
- White, Gilbert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Scolar Press Limited
- Place of Publication
- Menston, Yorkshire
- Date Published
- 1973
- Keywords
- Gilbert White, Natural History, Antiquity, Selborne, Letters, Zoology
- Bookseller catalogs
- Geography; Travel; Natural History;
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