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PENNANT, Thomas (1726-1798). Arctic Zoology. London: Henry Hughes, 1784-1785.
2 volumes, 4o (223 x 178 mm). Engraved title vignettes, 24 engraved plates, and 2 folding maps. (Occasional light spotting.) Contemporary speckled calf, spines gilt, red and black morocco lettering-pieces (rebacked preserving original spines).
FIRST EDITION, with the 'Supplement' (including 2 folding maps) published in 1787. Pennant's work describes not only the Arctic but the northern part of North America and Alaska, northern Scandinavia, northern Asia. Included are the Kurile Islands, Alaska, British America, California, the Polar Seas, Greenland, Baffin's Bay, Hudson Bay, Canada, and Nova Scotia, with over 70 pages on Kamchatka, the Aleutian Islands, California, Nootka Sound, and Alaska. The plates were engraved by P. Mazell after George Stubbs (title vignette of a moose), Moses Griffiths, P. Brown and others. Anker 397; Arctic Bibliography 13291; BM(NH) IV, p.194; Freeman 2963; Lada-Mocarski 38; Nissen IVB 713 (incorrect plate count); Sabin 59757; Wickersham 6822; Wood p. 516. (2)
2 volumes, 4
FIRST EDITION, with the 'Supplement' (including 2 folding maps) published in 1787. Pennant's work describes not only the Arctic but the northern part of North America and Alaska, northern Scandinavia, northern Asia. Included are the Kurile Islands, Alaska, British America, California, the Polar Seas, Greenland, Baffin's Bay, Hudson Bay, Canada, and Nova Scotia, with over 70 pages on Kamchatka, the Aleutian Islands, California, Nootka Sound, and Alaska. The plates were engraved by P. Mazell after George Stubbs (title vignette of a moose), Moses Griffiths, P. Brown and others. Anker 397; Arctic Bibliography 13291; BM(NH) IV, p.194; Freeman 2963; Lada-Mocarski 38; Nissen IVB 713 (incorrect plate count); Sabin 59757; Wickersham 6822; Wood p. 516. (2)