The Journal of a Naturalist
- Collection : A fine ornithological and natural history library
- Publisher : John Murray
- Published In : London
- Illustrations : 7 plates (4 double-page, 1 hand-col), 6 woodcuts to text
Description:
Fourth edition. Publisher's advert to rear dated June, 1859. In the Preface Knapp acknowledges the inspiration for this work as White's Natural History of Selborne: 'It early impressed on my mind an ardent love for all the ways and economy of nature, and I was thereby led to the constant observance of the rural objects around me.' Knapp lived at that time in the parish of Alveston, south Gloucestershire, near Bristol.
John Leonard Knapp (1767-1845) was an English botanist and naturalist, best known for the present book, published anonymously (first appearing in 1829, and running to three editions in his lifetime), and his work on British grasses, Gramina Britannica (1804, reissued 1842).
Condition
8vo, orig. blind-stamped, green cloth, spine slightly faded, some wear to joints and spine ends, gt title to spine. Some spotting/foxing to half-title, title and plates. Good. Previous owner's name to endpaper, Rev. William Sidney Pratten (d. 1882) of Hale Vicarage, Cumberland.
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