Genera of birds. - Softcover

Pennant, Thomas

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1170568629 ISBN 13: 9781170568620

Publisher: Gale Ecco, Print Editions, 2010

Synopsis

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<sourceLibrary>British Library

<ESTCID>T000862

<Notes>The dedication signed: Thomas Pennant. The titlepage is engraved. With an index.

<imprintFull>London : printed for B. White, 1781. <collation>[6],xxv,[1],68,[2]p.,plates ; 4°

About this title

Book Description

The naturalist Thomas Pennant (1726–98) wrote this brief, accessible book for lay readers. He used the classification system devised by John Ray and Francis Willughby, whose Ornithology (1678) had first sparked Pennant's interest in natural history. This better-known 1781 version of the 1773 original includes fifteen fine engravings.

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Edition details

• Publisher: Gale Ecco, Print Editions
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1170568629
• ISBN 13: 9781170568620
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 122