Gilbert White : A biography of the author of The Natural History of Selborne Paperback / softback
by Richard Mabey
Paperback / softback
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When the pioneering naturalist Gilbert White (1720-93) wrote The Natural History of Selborne (1789), he created one of the greatest and most influential natural history works of all time, his detailed observations about birds and animals providing the cornerstones of modern ecology.
In this award-winning biography, Richard Mabey tells the wonderful story of the clergyman - England's first ecologist - whose inspirational naturalist's handbook has become an English classic.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:272 pages
- Publisher:Profile Books Ltd
- Publication Date:08/06/2006
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- ISBN:9781861978073
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Less than 10 available - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:272 pages
- Publisher:Profile Books Ltd
- Publication Date:08/06/2006
- Category:
- ISBN:9781861978073