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(Relative chiefly to Picturesque Beauty). | Illustrated by the 
Scenes | of | New-Forest | in Hampshire | — | In Three books. 
| — | [Quotation, 6 lines] | — | Yol. I. [II.] | — | By William 
Gilpin, A.M. | Prebendary of Salisbury ; and | Yicar of Boldre 
in New Forest, near Lymington. | — | London : | Printed for 
E. Blamire, Strand. | m.dcc.xci. 
Collation — ■ 2 vols. 8vo. Yol. I. pp. vii + pp. iv + pp. 328 + pp. 7, 
with 16 pi. Yol. II. pp. iv + pp. iii + pp. 308 + pp. xx, with map 
and 14 plates. Also on large paper, 2 vols. 4to. 
Birds of New Forest at pp. 284-302. 
Idem. 2nd edit., 2 vols. 8vo. London : 1794. [With correc- 
tions and additions by the author.] 
Idem. 3rd edit., 2 vols. 8vo. London : 1808. 
Birds at pp. 285-303. 
Idem. Another edition, edited by Sir T. Dick Lauder, Bart. 
2 vols. small 8vo. Edinburgh : 1834. This edition was re- 
printed from the first edition of 1791, and consequently does not 
embody the author’s later corrections. 
Heath’s edition of 1879, in 1 vol., omits the birds altogether. 
Giraldus de Barri, or Giraldus Cambrensis 
1146 (?)-1223 
Giraldus de Barri, Archdeacon of St. David’s, commonly 
known as Giraldus Cambrensis, and called also Silvester or 
Sylvester “ by his enemies,” says the writer of his life in the 
Bid. Nat. Biog., was born at the Castle of Maenor Pyr or 
Manorbeer, in Pembrokeshire, in 1146 or 1147 (Wharton, 
Anglia Sacra , ii. xx.). He was the youngest son of William 
de Barri, by his second wife Nesta, granddaughter of Rhys 
ap Tudor, Prince of South Wales. As a child he showed 
early aptitude for learning, and while still young made three 
journeys to Paris, studying and lecturing. He was probably 
ordained soon after his return in 1172, when he was ap- 
pointed by the Archbishop to secure payment of tithes from 
the Welsh, and soon became Archdeacon of Brecknock. In 
1184 he was made one of Henry IP’s chaplains, and was sent 
by the King to accompany his son John in his expedition to 
Ireland, to which journey is due the Topographica Hibernica, 
which appeared in 1187. In this work, although the accounts 
of the various birds mentioned are merged in much that is 
