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020 _a9780511841743 (ebook)
020 _z9781108138369 (paperback)
040 _aUkCbUP
_beng
_erda
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100 1 _aWhite, Gilbert,
_eauthor.
245 1 4 _aThe Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne, in the County of Southampton /
_cGilbert White.
246 3 _aThe Natural History & Antiquities of Selborne, in the County of Southampton
264 1 _aPlace of publication not identified :
_bpublisher not identified,
_c1789.
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press
300 _a1 online resource (512 pages) :
_bdigital, PDF file(s).
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aCambridge library collection. Zoology
500 _aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
520 _aGilbert White (1720-1793) published his Natural History and Antiquities as one volume in 1789. Both works consist of a series of letters written by White to the barrister Daines Barrington (1727-1800) and the zoologist Thomas Pennant (1726-1798). The letters in Natural History, White's best-known work, contain detailed information about his observations of local flora, fauna and wildlife. White was a pioneer of the study of birds and animals in their natural habitats, rather than as specimens removed from their environments. His methods of observation enabled him to identify and record many previously unknown species. (He was the first, for example, to distinguish the chiffchaff from the warbler by differences in song.) The letters in Antiquities are concerned with the topographical, social and ancient history of Selborne. They include details of important Roman coin finds and are an indispensable source for the history of local churches and buildings.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_z9781108138369
830 0 _aCambridge library collection.
_pZoology.
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511841743
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