The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne. With The Naturalist's Calendar; and Miscellaneous Observations, Extracted from his Papers. A New Edition; With Notes, by Edward Turner Bennett
WHITE, Gilbert
Published by J. and A. Arch; Longman and Co; Baldwin and Cradock, et al, London, 1837
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~Original full tan calf, boards framed in double gilt fillets. Low raised bands, ornate gilt decor, and black gilt label to spine. Gilt decor to board edges, blind decor to turn-ins. Small band (1 x 4 cm) of fading to top rear board. 8vo (14.6 x 22.5cm). All edges marbled. Hinges sound. Endpapers marbled in French Curl pattern, cracking just starting to front endpaper at gutter. With extensive notes by English zoologist and writer Edward Turner Bennett. Published by a consortium of London publishers and printed by Charles Whittingham at the Chiswick Press. Profusely illustrated throughout with in-text engravings of flora, fauna, and local scenes. Includes 'The Natural History of Selborne', 'The Naturalist's Calendar', 'Observations on various Parts of Nature', 'Summary of the Weather', 'Poems' and 'The Antiquities of Selborne', all with half titles. With detailed and rather touching preface by the editor's brother (Edward Turner Bennett himself having died shortly before publication), giving useful information on additions and revisions to this edition. White's 'Selborne' has been continuously in print since its first publication in 1789, offering a vision of the natural world around White's family home in the Hampshire village of Selbourne which, in its 'gentle, quiet, yet elegant and gracious fashion', 'becomes an expression of universal thanksgiving, treasured by all' (ODNB). As Richard Mabey, White's biographer, has it, 'Gilbert White s book, more than any other, has shaped our everyday view of the relations between humans and nature' (Mabey 1989). Significant edition of a classic work, in a very handsome binding. ~Robust packaging. All UK orders trackable, others on request. Size: xxiv, 640pp. Seller Inventory # HH5266
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Title: The Natural History and Antiquities of ...
Publisher: J. and A. Arch; Longman and Co; Baldwin and Cradock, et al, London
Publication Date: 1837
Binding: Hardback
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The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne. With The Naturalist's Calendar; and Miscellaneous Observations, extracted from his Papers. A New Edition; with Notes, by Edward Turner Bennett and Others. SPLENDID COPY OF BENNETT'S 'SELBORNE'
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Seller: Island Books, Thakeham, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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Roy. 8vo., First and Sole Edition thus, with engraved title-vignette and 45 engraved illustrations and facsimiles in the text, small neat contemporary signature on title; handsomely bound in contemporary full tan calf, sides with double frame border in gilt, very neatly rebacked with old backstrip laid down, backstrip with five flat bands tooled in gilt, second compartment with leather label (worn and defective) ruled and lettered in gilt, all other compartments most elaborately tooled in gilt to a repeated acanthus spray design, doublures (mildly chafed) tooled in gilt, dentelles tooled in blind, all edges marbled, marbled endpapers, a most attractive copy in well-restored period binding. With the calligraphic bookplate of Ernest Hayden Bartlett mounted on front paste-down, the bookplate signed additionally by A.W.S. Fenning. Bennett's edition is well-known for its very extensive notes. It is similar to Rennie's edition of 1833, and is published by the same consortium. Some of Rennie's illustrations are reprinted. The work as a whole comprises [1] 'The Natural History of Selborne', [2] 'The Naturalist's Calendar', [3] 'Observations on various Parts of Nature', [4] 'Summary of the Weather', [5] 'Poems' and [6] 'The Antiquities of Selborne', all of which have individual titles. The first work includes White's 'Advertisement', John White's biography, and an extended and valuable Preface (containing an excellent summary of previous editions) by the editor's brother, the former having predeceased publication. The second work includes Dr. Aikin's Advertisement. Among the reprinted illustrations from Rennie there are several interesting revisions of caption. Rennie's 'The Village' here becomes 'Selborne, from Darton'; 'The Little Bridge' is here 'Hollow Lane, and Bridge, near Norton'; and 'The Hanger' is here 'Way leading to Gracious Street'. A lovely copy of an important edition. Martin, pp.132-135. Seller Inventory # 9763
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The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne. With The Naturalist's Calendar; and Miscellaneous Observations, extracted from his Papers. A New Edition; with Notes, by Edward Turner Bennett and Others. BENNETT'S 'SELBORNE' IN ORIGINAL CLOTH
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Seller: Island Books, Thakeham, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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Roy. 8vo., Sole Edition thus, with engraved title-vignette and 45 engraved illustrations and facsimiles in the text, neat contemporary signature pencilled on front paste-down; original green diced cloth, boards elaborately blocked in blind, gilt back, yellow endpapers, uncut, expertly rebacked with old backstrip laid down, a most attractive copy in period binding. Bennett's edition is well-known for its very extensive notes. It is similar to Rennie's edition of 1833, and is published by the same consortium. Some of Rennie's illustrations are reprinted. The work as a whole comprises [1] 'The Natural History of Selborne', [2] 'The Naturalist's Calendar', [3] 'Observations on various Parts of Nature', [4] 'Summary of the Weather', [5] 'Poems' and [6] 'The Antiquities of Selborne', all of which have individual titles. The first work includes White's 'Advertisement', John White's biography, and an extended and valuable Preface (containing an excellent summary of previous editions) by the editor's brother, the former having predeceased publication. The second work includes Dr. Aikin's Advertisement. Among the reprinted illustrations from Rennie there are several interesting revisions of caption. Rennie's 'The Village' here becomes 'Selborne, from Darton'; 'The Little Bridge' is here 'Hollow Lane, and Bridge, near Norton'; and 'The Hanger' is here 'Way leading to Gracious Street'. A bright, firm copy of an important edition. Martin, pp.132-135. Seller Inventory # 26920
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The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne. With the Naturalist's Calendar; and miscellaneous observations, extracted from his papers. A New Edition; with notes, by Edward Turner Bennett, Esq. and others.
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Seller: Arader Galleries - AraderNYC, New York, NY, U.S.A.
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8vo., (8 ¾ x 5 ½ inches). Half-title, vignette title page, 2 sectional title pages (very slightly toned throughout). 43 in-text illustrations. Contemporary full olive green calf, with each cover decorated with a border of two gilt fillets and blind dot roll tool with small gilt roll tool at each corner and further decorated with fine gilt daisy tool at inner corners, the spine in six compartments separated by five raised bands, with red morocco gilt lettering piece in the second, the others elaborately decorated in gilt with fine floral and circle tools, all edges marbled (a few light surface abrasions, extremities gently worn). Provenance: With two early manuscript ownership inscriptions to the first blank: "Henrietta Anne Dolben / Easter 1846" and "Herbert J. Pulling / Dec. 5. 1889." Only edition thus, first published as "The natural history and antiquities of Selborne, in the county of Southampton with engravings, and an appendix" in 1789. Profusely illustrated with wood engravings in the text. ".[T]he first book to link the worlds of nature and the village, is Gilbert White's 'The Natural History of Selborne.' This deceptively simple and unpretentious account of natural comings and goings in an eighteenth-century Hampshire parish has come to be regarded as one of the most perfectly realized celebrations of nature in the English language. The American writer J. R. Lowell once described it as 'the journal of Adam in Paradise.' This was extravagant even by the generous standards of the tributes heaped upon this book, yet Lowell had succeeded in catching something essential about both the man and his writing. Selborne, the real English village that is the setting for the book, may fall a mite short as a model for paradise; but the dramas of courtship, birth, survival and migration that are played out in its woods and fields, have, as recounted by White, something almost sacramental about them. Although he lived at a time when the rule of reason and the supremacy of man were accepted almost as gospel, White contrived to portray the daily business of lesser creatures as a source not just of interest, but of delight and inspiration. To that extent the book is a glimpse of a place of sanctuary" (Richard Mabey, "Gilbert White: A Biography of the Author of 'The Natural History of Selborne'"). Seller Inventory # 72MMS281
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