Natural History & Antiquities of Selborne
by Gilbert White
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Natural History & Antiquities of Selborne, Gilbert White. Published by the Folio Society, London, 1994. 8vo up to 9½" tall. 213pp., appendix; introduction by Ian Niall; black and white engravings by Chris Wormell (illustrator). Green cloth spine over marbled boards; brown title label with gilt titles. In fine, unread condition.
Gilbert White's Natural History of Selborne was first published in 1789; it reveals a world of wonders in nature. Over a period of twenty years White describes in minute detail the behaviour of animals through the changing seasons in the rural Hampshire parish of Selborne.
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