The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne in the County of Southampton
London: T. Bensley for B. White & Son, 1789. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Item #23916
9 plates, including large folding engraved frontispiece and two title vignettes all from the drawings of S.H. Grimm, with the errata leaf. Pp. v, [blank], 1-468, [12, index] plus errata leaf (p.292 misnumbered 262 as usual). 4to. Full green morocco by Riviere. Spine in six compartments, intricately gilt; gilt rules on the boards and board edges; gilt inner dentelles. Marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. The spine pleasingly sunned to brown, the boads partially sunned as wel, else this is a fine copy.
Leather gilt bookplate of the noted horse breeder and judge of horse shows Alfred Barmore Maclay on the front pastedown.
Rothschild 2550; Grolier-English 62.
Price: $4,500.00