The natural history and antiquities of Selborne, in the county of Southampton.
Gilbert White (1720 - 1793)
Category
Books
Date
1877
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Peckover House, Cambridgeshire
NT 3140267
Summary
Bibliographic description
2v.,plates (some col.) . 4to.. Not indigenous. Meade collection.. Provenance: Presented to the National Trust by Miss Daphne Meade, 1999, and formerly in the library of Thurland Castle, Lancashire. Nineteenth century armorial bookplate, signed "CWS", lettered: "Rev. The Honble. Sidney Meade". Ink stamp: "Frankleigh House Library".. Binding: Ninetenth-century half calf; leather over boards; five false raised bands; spine gilt tooled, red spine labels, gilt lettered; marbled edges; binder's ticket: Aubrey Binder Salisbury.
Provenance
Presented to the National Trust by Miss Daphne Meade in 1999, and formerly in the library of Sidney Meade (1839-1917), Canon of Salisbury Cathedral, of Thurland Castle, Lancashire.
Makers and roles
Gilbert White (1720 - 1793) Thomas Bell