[Rarebooks] FS: First Edition of Gilbert White's WORKS IN NATRUAL HISTORY, 1802
Charles Agvent
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WHITE, Gilbert. THE WORKS IN NATURAL HISTORY, COMPRISING THE NATURAL
HISTORY OF SELBORNE; THE NATURALIST'S CALENDER; MISCELLANEOUS
OBSERVATIONS. London: J White, 1802. First Edition. Two octavo (5-1/8" x
8-1/4") volumes bound in one in marbled boards with recent calf spine
and corners and a gilt-lettered morocco spine label. First Collected
Edition, with a biographical preface by the author's nephew, John White.
Illustrated with four engravings, two folding, including two
hand-colored engraved plates of birds one of which is folding. Even,
mostly mild, foxing. Near Fine. $350.00
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