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<dl><dd>2 volumes, 54 leaves of plates : 24 cm (4to)</dd>
<dd>Thomas Pennant was a keen geologist, naturalist and antiquary. Linnaeus supported his election to the Royal Swedish Society of Sciences in 1757, and in 1767 he became a Fellow of the Royal Society. His History of Quadrupeds (1793), aimed to promote natural history among a wider readership, originated in an informal index to John Ray's Synopsis of 1693</dd>
<dd>Engraved plates variously signed</dd>
<dd>Errata: last leaf of each volume</dd>
<dd>Includes bibliographical references and index</dd>
<dd>extracted picklist 20081216</dd></dl><br>Subjects: Mammals -- Early works to 1800; Mammals -- Classification; Mammals -- Pictorial works</div>
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Pennant, Thomas, 1726-1798, author</div>
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