The Journal of a Naturalist
- Collection : A fine ornithological and natural history library
- Publisher : John Murray
- Published In : London
- Illustrations : folding aquatint frontis + 6 engraved plates (4 double-page)
Description:
First edition. 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). 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.
Freeman 2128.
Condition
8vo, cont. half calf, slightly scuffed, minor wear to head of spine, just splitting to top of front joint, raised bands to spine, gilt tooling to compartments, leather title piece, marbled boards, endpapers and edges. Some foxing and browning/offsetting to plates. Very good.
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