WHITE, GILBERT.
The Natural History of Selborne, new edition, with engravings. 2 vols.
London, Longman, Hurst, ect., 1822.
8vo. Two volumes uniformly bound in two nice contemporary full calf bindings with five raised bands and gilt lettering to spine. Ex-libris (Thomas Carnegie of Craigo) pasted on to pasted down front end-papers. A fine and well preserved copy. VIII, 352 pp.; (2), 364 pp + engraved plates of which 1 is coloured.
Later edition of White’s highly popular work on different animals and plants organized systematically by species and groups - His work has been seen as an early contribution to ecology and in particular to phenology. It was first published in 1789 and has been continuously in print since then, with nearly 300 editions up to 2007.
Order-nr.: 60754
DKK 4.000,00