The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne
- Publisher : George Routledge & Sons
- Published In : London
- Illustrations : frontis, wood cuts to text
Description:
New edition, edited, with notes, by Sir William Jardine. Gilbert White (1720-1793) is widely regarded as a founding father of ecology. He was a pioneering naturalist and forerunner of all modern natural historians, and this work (first published in 1789) is one of the most published and popular books in the English language. Since that time, it has never been out of print and is reported to be one of the most published books in the English language.
Condition
8vo, cont. full prize calf, rubbed, minor wear to extremities; raised bands to spine, gilt tooling to compartments; marbled edges and endpapers. Light foxing to endpapers. Vg.