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Front Cover, Gilbert White’s Selbourne The Natural History of Selborne (1879)

Light brown with green florets, and “Natural History of Selbourne” in blakc on a gold foil background.

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Added: 2006-08-29

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Frontispiece: View Near Selborne The Natural History of Selborne (1879)

View looking, I imagine, towards the distant Church in the village of Selborne. There are deer in the foreground, under the shade of a large tree.

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Places shown: Selborne; Hampshire; England

Added: 2005-11-08

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View of Selborne, Detail for use as Desktop Wallpaper The Natural History of Selborne (1879)

A detail taken from theFrontispieceshowing the deer under the tree, with ducks swimming on a pond in the background.

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Places shown: Selborne; Hampshire; England

Added: 2005-11-08

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Title Page (Natural History of Selborne) The Natural History of Selborne (1879)

The title page of the 1879 edition is as follows:The “Chandos Classics.”The Natural History of Selborne, and The Naturalist’s Calendar.By the Rev. Filbert White, A.M.A new edition, edited with notes, [...]

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Beech. The Natural History of Selborne (1879)

“The high part of the south-west consists of a vast hill of chalkk rising three hundred feet above the village, and is divided into a sheep-down, the high wood and a long hanging wood, called The Hang [...]

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Places shown: Selborne; Hampshire; England

Added: 2005-11-08

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Wych Elm. The Natural History of Selborne (1879)

“In the court of Norton farmhouse, a manor farm to the north-west of the village [of Selborne], on the white malms, stood within these twentyyears a broad-leaved elm, or wych hazel,ulmus folio latissi [...]

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Places shown: Selborne; Hampshire; England

Added: 2005-12-12

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Partridges. The Natural History of Selborne (1879)

“Partridges in vast plenty are bred in good seasons on the verge of this forest [the forest of Wolmer, mostly in the parish of Selborne], intowhich they love to make excursions; and in particular, in [...]

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Added: 2005-12-12

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Partridge Wallpaper The Natural History of Selborne (1879)

A desktop background (wallpaper image) picture; it’s a version of thePartridgesengraving with most of the background removed.

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The Black Grouse The Natural History of Selborne (1879)

The Black Grouse. This bird is now [2006] close to extinciton in the United Kingdom.

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Added: 2006-02-10

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The Osprey (Pandion) The Natural History of Selborne (1879)

The osprey in this wood-engraving has a large fish held very firmly in its claws, although the bird appears to be perched on a rock by the lake, not on the handle of a plough as in the text.The osprey [...]

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Added: 2013-09-07

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The Barn Owl (Strix flammea) The Natural History of Selborne (1879)

The barn owl, or white owl.“We have had, ever since I can remember, a pair of white owls that constantly breed under the eaves of this church. As I have paid good attention to the manner of life of th [...]

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Added: 2006-07-28

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The Brown Owl (Syrnium Aluco). The Natural History of Selborne (1879)

“When brown owls hoot their throats swell as big as a hen’s egg. I have known an owl of this species live a full year without any water. Perhaps the case may be the same with all birds of prey. When o [...]

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Added: 2006-08-29

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The Raven (Corvus Corax) The Natural History of Selborne (1879)

There is a peculiarity belonging to ravens tht must draw the attention even of the most incurious—they spend all their leisure time in striking and cuffing each other on the wing in a kind of playful [...]

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Added: 2008-07-06

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The Magpie The Natural History of Selborne (1879)

Magpies and jays flutter with powerless wings, and make no dispatch; herons seem incumbered with too much sail for their light bodies; but these vast hollow wings are necessary in carrying burdens, su [...]

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Added: 2008-07-16

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