The Natural History of Selborne

Gilbert White

Verlag: C. and J. Rivington; Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green; et al, London, 1825

A smart edition of the important work of natural history by Gilbert White, an illustrated work, including with one vivid hand-coloured plate. Complete in two volumes.Volume I illustrated with a frontispiece, and one plate.Volume II illustrated with one hand-coloured plate, and one plate.Half-title present to Volume II.Collates, Volume I is bound without the half-title, otherwise volumes are complete, with all plates present.'The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne' is an influential work on antiquities and the natural history of Selborne, a village in East Hampshire, England.This is a collection of letters documenting the natural history of the area around Selborne, written by Gilbert White to other prominent antiquarians and natural historians of his time.The work was well received upon its publication, and has continued to be widely read well into the twentieth century. Fans of the work include the likes of Virginia Woolf, John Ruskin, Charles Darwin, and Samuel Taylor Coleridge. It is generally considered to be a classic of nature writing and antiquarian writing.Gilbert White is best known for this work. He worked as a curate for his whole life, and was pioneering as a naturalist and ornithologist.Bookplate of John Fairweather to the front paste downs. Fairweather was an architect who specialised in designing and building cinemas, most notably the Edinburgh Playhouse. In a half calf binding with cloth to the boards. Externally, smart, with light rubbing to the leather, mostly to the spines. Only a few small marks to the boards. Rear hinge of Volume I is starting but firm. Front hinge of Volume II is starting but firm, rear hinge is weak. Bookplate and bookseller's label to the front paste downs. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with scattered spots, heavier to the plates and to the first and last few pages. Good. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 879P1

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Natural History of Selborne
Verlag: C. and J. Rivington; Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green; et al, London
Erscheinungsdatum: 1825
Einband: Leather
Illustrator: Not Stated
Zustand: Good
Art des Buches: book