Lot 141
White (Rev. Gilbert) The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne, first edition, T. Bensley for B. White and Son, 1789.
Estimate: £600 - 800
Description
White (Rev. Gilbert) The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne, first edition, folding engraved frontispiece and 6 plates, one folding, 2 half-titles with engraved vignette, errata leaf at end, occasional small marginal tears and annotations in pencil, offsetting, foxing, browning, contemporary calf, rebacked, spine gilt with morocco label, slightly bowed and rubbed, [Hunt 707, Rothschild 2550, ESTC T39642], 4to, T. Bensley for B. White and Son, 1789.
Description
White (Rev. Gilbert) The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne, first edition, folding engraved frontispiece and 6 plates, one folding, 2 half-titles with engraved vignette, errata leaf at end, occasional small marginal tears and annotations in pencil, offsetting, foxing, browning, contemporary calf, rebacked, spine gilt with morocco label, slightly bowed and rubbed, [Hunt 707, Rothschild 2550, ESTC T39642], 4to, T. Bensley for B. White and Son, 1789.
