In 1789, Gilbert White’s The Natural History of Selborne was published. Exact month of publication unknown; if you have information about the correct date, please email felluga@purdue.edu with this information. Selborne’s way of looking at nature—attentive, local, and reverent—popularizes a way of looking at nature that persisted in popular natural history throughout the nineteenth century. Image: Half-title oval illustration in the 1813 edition of Gilbert White's Natural History of Selborne. Painting by Samuel Hieronymus Grimm; engraved by William Angus. This image is in the public domain in the United States as its copyright has expired.

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Amy M. King, “Publication of Gilbert White’s The Natural History of Selborne, 1789″