White, Gilbert.

The Natural History & Antiquities of Selborne in the County of Southampton. With Illustrations in Colour by George Edward Collins, R.B.A.

London, Macmillan and Co., Limited. 1911. 19,5 cm x 26 cm. 476 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Spine only slightly chipped to bottom. Minor stain on backcover.

Includes the following essays: The Natural History of Selborne: Letters I-XLIV, to Thomas Pennant, Esq., Letters I-LXVI, to the Honourable Daines Barrington / The Antiquities of Selborne / The Naturalist’s Calendar / Observations on various Parts of Nature: On Birds in General, On Quadrupeds, On Insects and Vermes, On Vegetables, Meteorological Observations / Summary of the Weather.

Gilbert White FRS (18 July 1720 – 26 June 1793) was a “parson-naturalist”, a pioneering English naturalist and ornithologist. He remained unmarried and a curate all his life. He is best known for his Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne.
White is best known for his The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne (1789). This is presented as a compilation of his letters to Thomas Pennant, the leading British zoologist of the day, and the Hon. Daines Barrington, an English barrister and another Fellow of the Royal Society, though a number of the ‘letters’ such as the first nine were never posted, and were written especially for the book. The book has been continuously in print since its first publication. It was long held, “probably apocryphally”, to be the fourth-most published book in the English language after the Bible, the works of Shakespeare, and John Bunyan’s The Pilgrim’s Progress. (Wikipedia).

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• Language: English
• Inventory Number: 71088AB

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