1784 ARCTIC ZOOLOGY VOL I & II BY PENNANT QUADRUPEDS BIRDS 21 PLTS ORNITHOLOGY *

Description: I have here for sale both Volumes I and II of ARCTIC ZOOLOGY by Thomas Pennant. Vol I covers an Introduction and Class I Quadrupeds and Vol II covers Class II Birds. There are a total of 21 beautiful b/w plates and vignettes across the two volumes. Volume I - Frontispiece, 8 further plates plus a Vignette on the title page Volume II - Vignette on the title page plus 10 more plates. There should be 15 plates numbered IX through to XXIII (but 5 of those are facsimiles - X, XII, XIV, XVI, XXI). The Quadrupeds volume is divided into two groups - Hoofed and Digitated without Canine Teeth and with 2 Cutting Teeth only in each Jaw. Similarly the Birds volume is divided into 2 sections - Land Birds and Water Birds. Thomas Pennant (27 June [O.S. 14 June] 1726 – 16 December 1798) was a Welsh naturalist, traveller, writer and antiquarian. He was born and lived his whole life at his family estate, Downing Hall, near Whitford, Flintshire, in Wales. As a naturalist he had a great curiosity, observing the geography, geology, plants, animals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish around him and recording what he saw and heard about. He wrote acclaimed books including British Zoology, the History of Quadrupeds, Arctic Zoology and Indian Zoology although he never travelled further afield than continental Europe. Bound in full tan calf leather hardboards with gilt bands, a red leather title block and black leather volume block both with gilt tooling and lettering. The boards are in remarkably fine condition and have clearly been well looked after. A few inscriptions to the front endpaper of Vol I. Otherwise pages are very clean and tightly bound in both. Vol I - cc + 185 pages, Vol II - 401 pages. 25 x 20 cm. We have over 2000 items in our Ebay shop on a range of subjects, so please feel free to have a browse and see if anything else takes your fancy. Postage will be by Air Mail outside of UK. If you buy more than one item then the postage cost falls for the second and further items as I will put them into one parcel - so you save money. We wrap and post the parcels on Monday and Tuesday - therefore if you pay before midday on Tuesday we will get it in the postal sacks on Tuesday night, and if it is after that time then it will go into the postal service on the following Monday.

Price: 599.99 GBP

Location: Whitegate, Cheshire

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