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<dl><dd>The first ed., written in the form of a series of letters by White to Thomas Pennant and the Hon. Daines Barrington, revised by the author before publication</dd>
<dd>"Advertisement" signed on p. v: Gil. White, Selborne, January 1st, 1788</dd>
<dd>The plates were engraved by Peter Maxell and Daniel Lerpiniere</dd>
<dd>The added t.p., and the special t.p. for "The antiquites of Selborne" (p. [307]), have engraved vignettes that are included in the plate count in White's List of plates on p. [12] (4th group)</dd>
<dd>Signatures: pip2 sAp2 sB-3Pp4s</dd>
<dd>Errors in paging: p. 292 is misnumbered 262; p. 398 is misnumbered as 389; pp. 441-442 have been omitted from the numbering with no loss of text. Also, in the signatures, 3P2 is misnumbered as 2P2</dd>
<dd>"List of the plates to the History of Selborne, from the drawings of S.H. Grimm"--P. [12] (4th group)</dd>
<dd>Errata: p. [13] (4th group)</dd>
<dd>Includes bibliographical references and index</dd>
<dd>The natural history of Selborne -- The antiquities of Selborne, in the County of Southampton</dd>
<dd>ESTC (RLIN)</dd>
<dd>Martin, E.A. Bib. of Gilbert White of Selborne (1934 ed.)</dd>
<dd>BM (Nat. hist.)</dd>
<dd>Nissen, C. Illustrierten Vogelbèucher</dd>
<dd>extracted picklist</dd>
<dd>CHMRB and SCNHRB have 1 copy each</dd>
<dd>CHMRB copy 39088010380608 has bookplates: 1. Ex libris the Cooper Union the gift of Anonymous; 2. Smithsonian Institution Libraries. Preservation supported by the Smithsonian Women's Committee. "May 1961" penciled on verso of t.p., with accession no.: 330154</dd>
<dd>CHMRB copy has an extra color-illustrated plate bound in facing p. 320, reproducing an "Adoration of the Virgin and Child" scene (presumably from the church at Selborne?); a printed citation ([1] p.) for this ed., excised from Ernest Dressel North's catalog of One hundred famous authors, is also laid in</dd>
<dd>CHMRB copy has contemporary gilt-tooled full mottled leather binding with raised bands; marbled endpapers; all edges gilt; signed: Bound by Riviere and Son; housed in an archival paperboard box for preservation</dd>
<dd>SCNHRB copy 39088010379667 has the added t.p. bound in after p. [1] (2nd group)</dd>
<dd>SCNHRB copy has later brown half-leather binding with marbled paper boards, raised bands, and gilt-tooled spine</dd></dl><br>Subjects: Natural history</div>
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<dl><dd>White, Gilbert, 1720-1793</dd>
<dd>Pennant, Thomas, 1726-1798</dd>
<dd>Barrington, Daines, 1727-1800</dd>
<dd>Bensley, Thomas, ca. 1760-1835, printer</dd>
<dd>Grimm, Samuel Hieronymus, 1733-1794, ill</dd>
<dd>Maxell, Peter, engraver</dd>
<dd>Lerpiniáere, Daniel, 1745?-1785, engraver</dd>
<dd>B. White and Son, publisher</dd>
<dd>Riviere &amp; Son, binder. DSI</dd>
<dd>Cooper Union Library, former owner. DSI</dd></dl></div>
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