$1,722
White, Gilbert (1720-1793) The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne, in the County of Southampton . London: Bensley for White, 1789. First edition, quarto, illustrated with folding frontispiece, added title with engraved vignette, and six full-page plates (one of which is folding); bound in contemporary half red morocco and marbled paper boards, offsetting from the plates, mainly due to an iron-rich paper, some spotting to preliminary leaves, one bookplate pasted inside the front board, two others loose, housed in a modern slipcase, 10 x 7 1/2 in. White, an early naturalist, makes important contributions to incipient ornithology, recording many detailed observations of bird behavior in this work.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2014-05-31
