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HOLT-WHITE, RASHLEIGH The Life & Letters Of Gilbert White Of Selborne. Written & Edited by His Great-Grand-Nephew Rashleigh Holt-White. Volume II.
New York E. P. Dutton & Co. , 1901 Hard Cover Good
X, 300 pages, 16 plates, folding chart in rear, decorated cloth, ex-library with usual library markings, back-strip sun-faded, otherwise very good. Volume II only, of two. From the Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition: "Gilbert White, 1720-93, English naturalist. He served as curate at Selborne and nearby parishes from 1751. He recorded his detailed observations of nature in letters to other naturalists, and on these he based The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne (1789), a classic in scientific writing noted for its highly literary style." Chapter 5 includes "A balloon journey - Selborne curacy resumed - End of the balloon journey - A farmer's mistake - A new way to Selborne - A great frost."
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100.00 USD
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