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WHITE, GILBERTTHE NATURAL HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF SELBORNELondon, T Bensley, 1789. First Edition, 4to, folding engraved panoramic frontispiece of Selborne, all plates present as per plate list, complete, with final errata leaf and all first edition points noted, ref ESTC T39642. The copy of George Fludyer (1761-1837) of Ayston Hall Rutland, with his signature to half-title. Fludyer was Sheriff of Rutland 1814-1815, a Major in the Rutland Yeoman Cavalry, and a Member of Parliament. Bound in full 19th C green calf, joints and extremities rubbed, a good copy of one of the great English books of the 18th century; JESSE, EDWARD - GLEANINGS OF NATURAL HISTORY London, John Murray, 1832 & 1834. First Editions of the First and Second Series, small 8vo, contemporary green half calf with marbled boards, rubbed (3)