The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne.

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[Extra Illustrated, Bennett edition] With the Naturalist's Calendar; and Miscellaneous Observations, extracted from his papers. In contemporary red half morocco, vellum, decorative blind and gilt tooling, corners and edges lightly rubbed and bumped. Spine, with decorative gilt tooling and titles, edges lightly rubbed. Internally, red endpapers, pencil note explaining the EXTRA 16 fine pen and ink views on 16 leafs by Walter Cooper Denby to fep, all of which have the page No that they relate to, with his initials dated 1848, title page with vignette, (xxiii), [1] blank, [16] leaves of plates, 640 pp, 46 illustrations, small embossed lib stamp to ep (Neatham Mill Library TW), text block edges in gilt, preface signed IJB with a pencil notes explaining that this was Edward Turner Bennetts brother who edited this after the death of his brother, printed by C Whittingham at the Chiswick Press, the sixth edition?. Dendy was a President of the Medical Society of London. He published a treatise on dreams and spectral manifestations in 1841 entitled Philosophy of Mystery, amongst a number of other works, often illustrated by himself. (Allibone 2684. Martin - Bibliography of Gilbert White p. 132) An exceptional copy. White, naturalist whose natural history and antiquities of Selborne, in the county of Southampton, with engravings, and an appendix (1789), printed in London by T. Bensley for B. White & Son, at Horace's Head, Fleet Street, London. Extending, together with its index, the preparation of which White claimed to be 'an occupation full as entertaining as that of darning socks See ODNB.