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Auction archive: Lot number 236

WHITE, GILBERT. The Natural History and Antiquities of Selbourne. London: Printed by T. Bensley, for B. White & Son, 1789. 4to, red morocco gilt, g.e., a marginal tear in A1 neatly mended. FIRST EDITION, vignette title-page, vignette fly-title, 7 eng...

Auction 02.12.1994
2 Dec 1994
Estimate
US$700 - US$900
Price realised:
US$1,150
Auction archive: Lot number 236

WHITE, GILBERT. The Natural History and Antiquities of Selbourne. London: Printed by T. Bensley, for B. White & Son, 1789. 4to, red morocco gilt, g.e., a marginal tear in A1 neatly mended. FIRST EDITION, vignette title-page, vignette fly-title, 7 eng...

Auction 02.12.1994
2 Dec 1994
Estimate
US$700 - US$900
Price realised:
US$1,150
Beschreibung:

WHITE, GILBERT. The Natural History and Antiquities of Selbourne. London: Printed by T. Bensley, for B. White & Son, 1789. 4to, red morocco gilt, g.e., a marginal tear in A1 neatly mended. FIRST EDITION, vignette title-page, vignette fly-title, 7 engraved plates (2 folding), errata leaf at end. Rothschild 2550; Grolier English 62. "The first book which raised natural history into the region of literature" -- Ency. Brit.

Auction archive: Lot number 236
Auction:
Datum:
2 Dec 1994
Auction house:
Christie's
New York, East
Beschreibung:

WHITE, GILBERT. The Natural History and Antiquities of Selbourne. London: Printed by T. Bensley, for B. White & Son, 1789. 4to, red morocco gilt, g.e., a marginal tear in A1 neatly mended. FIRST EDITION, vignette title-page, vignette fly-title, 7 engraved plates (2 folding), errata leaf at end. Rothschild 2550; Grolier English 62. "The first book which raised natural history into the region of literature" -- Ency. Brit.

Auction archive: Lot number 236
Auction:
Datum:
2 Dec 1994
Auction house:
Christie's
New York, East
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