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changed hands, the house has been greatly enlarged, 

 and the old part of it materially altered. 



It is so long since 'The Natural History and 

 Antiquities of Selborne ' appeared, that the book has 

 now a history of its own, and therefore a short 

 account of the earlier editions may be given. 



The only complete edition published during the 

 author's lifetime was the first, of 1789. This was 

 issued at the price of one guinea, in boards. In 

 1792 a curiously compressed translation was pub- 

 lished in Berlin, a fact which sufficiently attests the 

 early success of the book. 



In 1795 B. and J. White issued *A Naturalist's 

 Calendar with Observations in various branches of 

 Natural History, extracted from the papers of the 

 late Rev. Gilbert White, m.a., of Selborne, 

 Hampshire, Senior Fellow of Oriel College, Oxford. 

 Never before published.' This consisted of extracts 

 from the unpublished manuscript and journals of 

 the Naturalist, edited by Dr. Aikin, 8vo ; and also 

 in large paper, 4to, probably for binding with the 

 original book. 



In 1802 J. White issued 'The Natural History of 

 Selborne ' (omitting * The Antiquities ') together 

 with the 1795 publication, in two volumes, 8vo. 



In 1813 a very handsome edition of the original 

 book was issued by White, Cochrane, and Co., in 4to, 

 at the price of two guineas and a half. This is 

 printed on much better paper than the first edition. 



