THE NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE; with Observations on Various Parts of Nature; and Naturalist's Calendar by the Late Rev. Gilbert White, A.M. / with Additions and Supplementary Notes by Sir William Jardine, Bart, etc. / Edited, with further illustrations, a biographcal sketch of the author, and a complete index, by Edward Jesse, Esq. / With Forty Engravings

White, A.M., Rev. Gilbert

Published by George Bell and Sons, London, 1881

8vo, green elaborately blind-stamped decorated green publisher's cloth, illustrated with 40 engravings, supplemented with sundry additions including a biographical sketch by Sir William Jardine & Edward Jesse,16 pp. for Standard Works of George Bell & Sons + xxiv Biography of Rev. Gilbert White + 416 pages + 31 pp. of adverts. for Bohn's Library. An UNCOMMON impressively edited and illustrated Bohn edition of White's natural history classic in the original elaborately embossed publisher's cloth. Frontispiece and other handsome full page engravings are unfoxed and clean. Many gatherings unopened and pristine; backstrip slightly faded with a lightly repaired tears affecting the head of the spine & small white spot mid-spine. Reprints the 1895 Bell edition. Seller Inventory # 1773

Bibliographic Details

Title: THE NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE; with ...
Publisher: George Bell and Sons, London
Publication Date: 1881
Binding: Embossed cloth
Illustrator: White & Jesse
Condition: Very Good +
Dust Jacket Condition: None
Edition: Bohn's Illustrated Library Edition.