Natural History & Antiquities of Selborne & a Garden Kalendar.
Item #79027
WHITE, Gilbert. The Natural History & Antiquities of Selborne & a Garden Kalendar. Edited by R. Bowdler Sharpe. Phila.: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1900. 1st American ed. 2 Vols. xxiii,427; xv,443pp. Portrait frontises., illus., plates, folding facsimiles. Orig. gilt-armorial cloth, T.e.g, non-priceclipped d/js. Jackets chipped, else a very good copy. One of 208 numbered copies. Arranged in three sequences of correspondence, those addressed to Pennant and to Barrington comprise the natural history portion, the rest is an account of parish antiquities. "White's Natural History of Selborne is open to everyone, for everyone has observed much of what it describes. Writer and reader each share the inheritance of the natural world, and delight in what is given, so that Selborne becomes an expression of universal thanksgiving, treasured by all" (ODNB).
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