Items matching book covers taken from The Natural History of Selborne (1879)
book covers: the outside of a book, either the front of the book or the spine, showing the binding and any decoration or lettering. Note that older books, especially before 1800 or so, were usually sold unbound: when you bought a book you took it to a book binder, who would make a cover to order, usually to match the other books you owned.
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Pictures from The Natural History of Selborne by The Rev. Gilbert White (1788). See the title page for more information about the book.
There is also an entry in the Nuttall Encyclopædia for Gilbert White.
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