Publisher/Manufacturer: Gwasg Gregynog (Gregynog Press) Series title: The Natural History of Selborne
1930-1935 Wood engraving in black on white laid paper
222 x 147 mm. Purchase: Gwasg Gregynog / Gregynog Press 1988 Funding support: Catherine Lewis Trust
Number 4 of an edition of 20. The blocks for these illustrations were engraved in the early 1930s for Gilbert White's 'The Natural History of Selborne' but were not printed until 1988. Gilbert White's 'The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne' was first published in 1798. This accompanies Gilbert White's writing about the conservation of deer. White observed that here were many poaching gangs around at the time, and so the number of deer had dropped from 500 to no more than 50
Book illustration for Gilbert White's 'Selborne'. A stylised wood engraving of a stag with a large head and antlers but a small body with long legs. In the background are a line of trees and five does / deers grazing. The image is surrounded by a patterned border. Paper has the watermark '+N'[?], a monogram
