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WHITE, Gilbert (1720-1793)]. The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne, in the County of Southampton . London: Printed by T. Bensley for B. White and Son, 1789.

Auction 15.12.2005
15.12.2005
Schätzpreis
800 $ - 1.200 $
Zuschlagspreis:
1.920 $
Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 150

WHITE, Gilbert (1720-1793)]. The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne, in the County of Southampton . London: Printed by T. Bensley for B. White and Son, 1789.

Auction 15.12.2005
15.12.2005
Schätzpreis
800 $ - 1.200 $
Zuschlagspreis:
1.920 $
Beschreibung:

WHITE, Gilbert (1720-1793)]. The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne, in the County of Southampton . London: Printed by T. Bensley for B. White and Son, 1789. 4 o (269 x 205 mm). Errata leaf at end. Two engraved titles and seven engraved plates, two folding. (Some spotting, fly-title to Natural History bound after 'Advertisement', some offsetting to text from plates.) Later half calf, marbled boards, uncut (rebacked preserving original spine, some wear); quarter morocco folding case. Provenance : Sir Benjamin Chapman (bookplate; his? ink annotations to text); Frank Hogan (bookplate). THE HOGAN COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION, with page 292 misnumbered 262 and pages 441-442 omitted from the pagination. White is arguably the founder of popular natural history and is admired by modern ornithologists as one of the first observers to record detailed notes of birds and their habitats. Grolier English 62; Rothschild 2550.

Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 150
Auktion:
Datum:
15.12.2005
Auktionshaus:
Christie's
New York, Rockefeller Center
Beschreibung:

WHITE, Gilbert (1720-1793)]. The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne, in the County of Southampton . London: Printed by T. Bensley for B. White and Son, 1789. 4 o (269 x 205 mm). Errata leaf at end. Two engraved titles and seven engraved plates, two folding. (Some spotting, fly-title to Natural History bound after 'Advertisement', some offsetting to text from plates.) Later half calf, marbled boards, uncut (rebacked preserving original spine, some wear); quarter morocco folding case. Provenance : Sir Benjamin Chapman (bookplate; his? ink annotations to text); Frank Hogan (bookplate). THE HOGAN COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION, with page 292 misnumbered 262 and pages 441-442 omitted from the pagination. White is arguably the founder of popular natural history and is admired by modern ornithologists as one of the first observers to record detailed notes of birds and their habitats. Grolier English 62; Rothschild 2550.

Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 150
Auktion:
Datum:
15.12.2005
Auktionshaus:
Christie's
New York, Rockefeller Center
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