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![[picture: Front Cover, Gilbert White's Selbourne]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/White-Selborne/tn/000-Front-Cover-q75-346x500.jpg "[picture: Front Cover, Gilbert White's Selbourne]")
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.
Title: The Natural History of Selborne
Published by: Frederick Warne & Co.
City: London
Date: 1879
Total items: 14
Out of copyright (called public domain in the USA), hence royalty-free for all purposes usage credit requested, or as marked.
![[picture: The Brown Owl (Syrnium Aluco).]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/White-Selborne/wm/big/165-The-Brown-Owl-q75-183x200.jpg "[picture: The Brown Owl (Syrnium Aluco).]")
The Brown Owl (Syrnium Aluco).
“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 owls fly they stretch out their legs behind them as a balance to their large heavy heads, for as most nocturnal birds have large eyes and ears they must [...] [more...] [$]
![[picture: View of Selborne, Detail for use as Desktop Wallpaper]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/White-Selborne/wm/big/000-frontispiece-View-Near-Selborne-detail-q75-267x200.jpg "[picture: View of Selborne, Detail for use as Desktop Wallpaper]")
View of Selborne, Detail for use as Desktop Wallpaper
A detail taken from the Frontispiece showing the deer under the tree, with ducks swimming on a pond in the background. [more...] [$]
![[picture: Partridge Wallpaper]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/White-Selborne/wm/big/018-Partridges-wallpaper-q75-267x200.jpg "[picture: Partridge Wallpaper]")
A desktop background (wallpaper image) picture; it’s a version of the Partridges engraving with most of the background removed. [more...] [$]
![[picture: Title Page (Natural History of Selborne)]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/White-Selborne/wm/big/000-title-page-q75-132x200.jpg "[picture: Title Page (Natural History of Selborne)]")
Title Page (Natural History of Selborne)
The title page of the 1879 edition is as follows: [more...] [$]
![[picture: Front Cover, Gilbert White's Selbourne]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/White-Selborne/wm/big/000-Front-Cover-138x200.jpg "[picture: Front Cover, Gilbert White's Selbourne]")
Front Cover, Gilbert White’s Selbourne
Light brown with green florets, and “Natural History of Selbourne” in blakc on a gold foil background. [$]
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