The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne

First published in 1789, this book is a sequence of letters from the Hampshire curate Gilbert White to the naturalists Thomas Pennant and Daines Barrington. White records the birds, insects, weather, and seasons of the parish of Selborne, with notes on swallows, tortoises, harvest mice, and the calendar of leaf and song. A second part treats local antiquities, the church, and the village. The method is close observation of one place. The work is a naturalist's correspondence, not a systematic fauna of England.

Quarter bound in dark green buckram with hand marbled paper covers. Tan endpapers. Dark brown slipcase. Page tops stained dark brown.