Introductory observations : manuscript, [1854]

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Introductory observations : manuscript, [1854]

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Notes for and a draft of Jardine's introduction to Gilbert White's The natural history and antiquities of Selborne; bound with printed pages from the first edition (1789), which contain notes in the hand of Jardine.

1 v. (61 leaves) ; 27 cm.

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