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The natural history of Selborne / by Gilbert White ; edited, with an introduction and notes, by E.M. Nicolson ; illustrated from engravings on wood by Eric Daglish.

Accession number
PML 146048
Creator
White, Gilbert, 1720-1793.
Published
London : Thornton Butterworth Limited, 1929.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Originally published 1789.
Includes index.
"This edition is limited to 125 copies, 50 are for sale in U.S.A. and 75 are for sale in Great Britain and elsewhere."--T.p. verso.
Library has copy no. 24 of a limited edition of 125, with a copy of Eric Daglish's wood engraving "The snipe" signed by the artist and bound in at front, as issued.
"Printed in Great Britain by Butler & Tanner Ltd., Frome and London Portraits and Map printed by Messrs. Lund Humphries, Bradford Wood blocks printed by Messrs. Charles Mitchell Ltd., 4 West Harding Street, London"--Colophon.
Description
416 p. : ill., map, port. ; 31 cm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
Original 1/4 vellum, housed in cardboard slipcase.
Classification
Department