Apr 11, 2013 - Sale 2309

Sale 2309 - Lot 148

Price Realized: $ 5,040
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
WHITE, GILBERT. The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne, in the County of Southhampton. 7 engraved plates and 2 vignettes. v, [3], 468, [14] pages, including final errata leaf. 4to, 269x205 mm, original boards, spine worn, joints partly cracked, hinges reinforced; contemporary inscription on title, light offsetting from engraved matter, dampstains in lower margin of frontispiece and plate facing page 7; uncut; brown morocco pull-off case. Signatures of T. Holt White dated 1804 and Anna White dated 1822; bookplates of William Henry Mullens, Harold Greenhill, and Bradley Martin. London: T. Bensley for B. White and Son, 1789

Additional Details

first edition of a classic of English nature writing. full-margined copy in the original boards. Rothschild 2550.