The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne and A Garden Kalendar Vol. I-II
- Collection : A fine ornithological and natural history library
- Publisher : J. B. Lippincott
- Published In : Philadelphia
- Illustrations : 2 frontispeices (1 col), 97 b/w plates, woodcuts to text, 2 facsimile letters
Description:
Limited edition of 208 copies printed for America, of which this in No. 193 . Edited by R. Bowdler Sharp, LL.D, with an Introduction to the Garden Kalendar by the Very Reverend S. Reynolds Hole, Dean of Rochester, & Numerous Illustrations by J. G. Keulemans, Herbert Railton, & Edmund J. Sullivan.
Martin p.177
Condition
2 vols, 8vo, later half morocco, raised bands to spines, gilt tooling and title to compartments, marbled boards and endpapers, teg. Binding cracked between flyleaf and half-title in Vol. I, but firm. Occasional offsetting from plates. Vg.
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