AN HISTORICAL ESSAY ON THE MAGNA CHARTA OF KING JOHN: [Subtitle]: To Which Are Added, the Great Charter in Latin and English; The Charters of Liberties and Confirmations, Granted by Henry III. Edward I.; The Original Charter of the Forests. A Descriptive Account of the Principal Originalls and Editions Extant, Both in Print and Manuscript.

London, England, United Kingdom: Printed for John Major; and Robert Jennings, 1829. Book. COLLECTIBLE - VERY GOOD. Hardcover. 1st.. COLLECTIBLE, Wood-cut engravings throughout with protective tissues, Original 3/4-leather, gild lettering/decoration, 5-ribbed binding, Original Marbled boards with some sticker residue on front leather, Great hinges, Gild top page edges, Marbled End Papers/Pages, very light edge wear for the age (187 yrs). Seller's image, know what you are getting! 612 numbered pages. Pre-packing weight is 5 lb. 0.1 oz . ORIGINAL, NOT A REPRINT, REBIND OR PHOTOCOPY!! NO Dust Jacket. CLEAN TEXT! Owner bookplate on Front End Paper. See Picture! The Copyright date is 1829 for this 1829 Printing. This volume was purchased through Local public auction. 2 volumes. 4to., (10 x 7 4/8 inches). Half-titles, title-pages printed in red and black. Engraved frontispieces and illustrated throughout. Original publisher's bevelled vellum with arms embossed on each front cover, and spines lettered in red (a little rubbed). First published in 1789, and never out of print since. Limited edition, number 7 of 150 copies for sale, signed by Bowdler Sharpe and each of the artists. An attractive edition of White's magnum opus. The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne had its origins in White's correspondence with Daines Barrington and Thomas Pennant, in which they discussed their observations and theories about local flora, fauna and wildlife. White believed in studying living birds and animals in their natural habitat which was an unusual approach at that time, as most naturalists preferred to carry out detailed examinations of dead specimens in the comfort of their studies. This deceptively simple and unpretentious account of natural comings and goings in an eighteenth-century Hampshire parish has come to be regarded as one of the most perfectly realized celebrations of nature in the English language. The American writer J. R. Lowell once described it as 'the journal of Adam in Paradise.' Thank you for your purchase from Sunset Books! Help Promote World Literacy, GIVE a Book as a GIFT!! In stock, Ships from Ohio. WE COMBINE SHIPPING ON MULTIPLE PURCHASES!!!! SEE PICTURES!!!!! ANY ODD/GREEN TONES ON THE SCANS ARE CAUSED BY MY SCANNER!! All of our Technical/Textbook/Ex-Library volumes were obtained legally through Public or Auction sales. This volume was purchased through Local Public Auction. Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall.