Verlag: WENTWORTH PR, 2016
ISBN 10: 1361436166 ISBN 13: 9781361436165
Anbieter: moluna, Greven, Deutschland
Kartoniert / Broschiert. Zustand: New.
Verlag: WENTWORTH PR, 2016
ISBN 10: 1371667195 ISBN 13: 9781371667191
Anbieter: moluna, Greven, Deutschland
Zustand: New.
Verlag: London: Printed by Henry Hughs, 1784-85., 1784
Anbieter: D & E LAKE LTD. (ABAC/ILAB), Toronto, ON, Kanada
Erstausgabe
Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. 2 Volumes. 4to. pp. 5 p.l. (incl. list of plates), cc, [5]index, 185; 1 p.l., [187]-586, [12]index, [1 leaf]errata. 2 engraved title vignettes, 2 folding engraved linen-backed maps & 24 engraved plates (incl. frontis., 1 folding). An attractive set in early 19th century paneled russia by Winstanley of Manchester (ticket in both vols.), gilt inside dentelles, rebacked (light dampmark to inner margin at beginning of Vol. I, plates offset, occasional hint of foxing). First Edition of a classic work on the natural history of the northern regions of America, Europe, and Asia by one of the outstanding naturalists of the eighteenth century. The greater portion of the work is devoted to the animal and bird life of North America, with sections on California, Nootka Sound, Alaska, Hudson's Bay, Baffin Island, the Newfoundland fishery, Labrador, Cape Breton and Nova Scotia, &c. Also included is an account of the progress of discovery along the west, north and east coasts of Canada. Pennant himself never visited the regions described, but relied on information derived from the accounts of explorers (Cook, Hearne, &c.), communications with other learned zoologists, including Peter Simon Pallas, ad on specimens supplied from various private collections, such as that of Mr. Andrew Graham of Hudson's Bay. The text is attractively illustrated with a series of fine engraved plates. As is often the case, the present set is offered without the separately published Supplement (1787). Arctic Bib. 13291. Cox II 20. Casey Wood p. 516 & Freeman 2963 (both incorrectly calling for 23 plates). JCB II 2992. Lada-Mocarski 38. Sabin 59757. TPL 573 (also without supplement). Wickersham 6822-23. cfLande 1389.
Verlag: Chez Teophile Barrois, A Paris, 1789
Anbieter: Libreria Antiquaria Giulio Cesare di Daniele Corradi, Roma, ROMA, Italien
Minuscoli forellini di tarlo estinto sui dorsi e alle cerniere, piccolo strappo senza interessamento del testo (cm. 4) a pagina 181 del secondo volume XII + 376 con 1 tavv ripieg f.t. 375 con 1 tavv ripieg f.t. p. 2 voll 200x130 mm m.pelle con tass titoli e fregi oro.
Verlag: Downing. 9 December, 1781
Anbieter: Richard M. Ford Ltd, London, Vereinigtes Königreich
Manuskript / Papierantiquität
1p., 4to. Bifolium. Addressed, with two postmarks, on reverse of second leaf, to 'Mr Shepherd, Sollictor [sic] | Boswell court | near Lincolns inn | London.' In fair condition, on aged and worn paper. The letter reads: 'Sir | I am obliged to Mr Middleton for recommending a Gentleman of yr worth & abilities; but yesterday the matter respecting Major Hughes is transferred to other hands for which I am thankful as it will be equally well pursued. I am Sir | Yr obedt Servt | Tho. Pennant. | Downing Decr 9th 1781 | I shall pay chearfully [sic] all past Charges'. In Boswell's Life, Johnson calls Pennant 'A Whig, Sir; a sad dog', yet at the same moment remarked 'But he's the best traveller I ever read; he observes more things than anyone else does'.