
Lot 86•
WHITE (GILBERT) The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne, in the County of Southampton, FIRST EDITION, 1789; and 2 others (3)
14 June 2017, 13:00 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £1,125 inc. premium
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WHITE (GILBERT)
The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne, in the County of Southampton, FIRST EDITION, engraved title vignette, large folding map (hand-coloured in outline) and 31 plates (19 double-page) by Vivares, Godfrey and others, folding printed genealogical table, errata leaf, some offsetting onto text, frontispiece with short repair, contemporary tree calf, rebacked preserving original gilt panelled spine [Rothschild 2550], 4to, B. White, 1789-- [WORSLEY (RICHARD)] The History of the Isle of Wight, FIRST EDITION, engraved title vignette and 31 plates (some double-page), engraved folding map by John Hayward (hand-coloured in outline, repaired at edge with resulting stain), folding genealogical table, a little offsetting and spotting, contemporary red straight-grain morocco, gilt panelled spine with green lettering-pieces, gilt turn-ins, g.e., large 4to, R. Dodsley, 1781--WYNDHAM (HENRY PENRUDDOCKE) The Diary of the Late George Bubb Dodington, Baron of Melcombe Regis, half-title, advertisement leaf at end, contemporary calf, red morocco spine label, 8vo, Salisbury, E. Easton, 1784 (3)
Footnotes
Provenance: First work, G. Smithson, ownership signature on fly-leaf; Second work, Sir Charles Chadwyck Healey, armorial bookplate; J.R. Abbey, armorial bookplate and note at the end recording its purchase at the Chadwyck Healey sale at Hodgson's, 16 April 1942, lot 231.