The Journal of a Naturalist

Published by John Murray, London, 1838

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Seller: PEMBERLEY NATURAL HISTORY BOOKS BA, ABA, Iver, United KingdomPEMBERLEY NATURAL HISTORY BOOKS BA, ABA

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xvi, 440, [32]-ads, 7 plates (4 double-page, 1 hand-col), 6 woodcuts to text. . HB. 8vo, orig. blind-stamped, green cloth, spine slightly faded, some wear to joints and spine ends, gt title to spine. Some spotting/foxing to half-title, title and plates. Good. Previous owner's name to endpaper, Rev. William Sidney Pratten (d. 1882) of Hale Vicarage, Cumberland. Fourth edition. Publisher's advert to rear dated June, 1859. In the Preface Knapp acknowledges the inspiration for this work as White's Natural History of Selborne: 'It early impressed on my mind an ardent love for all the ways and economy of nature, and I was thereby led to the constant observance of the rural objects around me.' Knapp lived at that time in the parish of Alveston, south Gloucestershire, near Bristol.John Leonard Knapp (1767-1845) was an English botanist and naturalist, best known for the present book, published anonymously (first appearing in 1829, and running to three editions in his lifetime), and his work on British grasses, Gramina Britannica (1804, reissued 1842).…

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Title
The Journal of a Naturalist
Author
[Knapp, John Leonard]
Publisher
John Murray, London
Publication year
1838
Condition
Good
Binding
Hardcover
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Pemberley Books - Established 1989. Specialist Natural History Booksellers, providing a mail order service for individual, museums, research institutes, universities and libraries around the world. We supply new, used and antiquarian books on all aspects of natural history, particularly specialising in entomology. We also have a specialist bookshop in Iver (just west of London, close to M25, Iver Rail Station and Heathrow Airport) We list only books which are immediately available from stock on ABE, but can supply many other books to order.…

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