History of Quadrupeds 2 Volume Paperback Set

by Thomas Pennant and Pennant Thomas 1726-1798

Book Overview

Thomas Pennant (1726-98) 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. In his preface, Pennant acknowledges the monumental Histoire naturelle by the Comte de...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108005187
• ISBN13: 9781108005180
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 904 Pages
• Weight: 3.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.8" x 12.8" x 9.9"