Author: White, Gilbert
Title: The Natural History of Selborne
Description: Folio Society 2009 xvi, 379, col frontis, col plates. . HB + Slipcase. 4to, orig. buckram with dec. front board, teg. Fine in slipcase (with a few light scuff marks).. Introduction by Keith Thomas. The text of this edition is taken from the 1789 edition and includes the first part only. The letters, "Timothy the Tortoise to Miss Hecky Mulso" and "On the Sense of Hearing in Fishes" are taken from the 1877 edition edited by Thomas Bell, and Published by John Van Voorst.Illustrated with watercolours by Samuel Hieronymous Grim (1776) and coloured copperplate engravings by Peter Mazell (1766). Map and board designs by Neil Gower..

Keywords: Folio Society; Gilbert White; Natural History


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