Pennant Thomas, Signed (5 results)

1st Ed. Sm. 4to. [vi] + 144pp. [Without port. frontis. which was issued seperately], copper plate of Fountains Abbey. From the Library of Jerrold Northrop Moore, some pencil marginalia, light browning, modern e.ps., amateur rebind in modern half calf with marbled boards. ESTC T845.Without the additional folding hand coloured frontis. and portrait of Charles I and portrait of John Lloyd which are occasionally present.Includes 'Of the Patagonians' and two essays of Flintshire interest, etc.Thomas Pennant (17261798), naturalist, traveller, and writer ' . Two of the three publications written towards the end of Pennant's life exemplify both his energy and the range of his writings . The title of the third, [the above] by himself (1793), hints at Pennant's sense of humour. It is signed only by dotted lines to indicate the death of the author: it is for that reason that his History of the Parishes is signed 'RESURGAM', with its implication of literary resurrection .' US$111.

3rd Ed. Sm. 4to. xiii + [i] + 388pp. [Without advert. leaf]. Engraved title page, text ills., 21 copper plates including 9 folding. Light age toning, double gilt rule edged calf boards, marking and wear to boards, corners reinforced, rebacked in modern calf, original gilt lettered label spine. ESTC T113910. 'Dedication signed: Thomas Pennant. The titlepage is engraved. With a final leaf of advertisements for Benjamin White in London [lacking in our copy].' US$199.

1st Ed. Sm. 4to. [vi] + 452pp. + [vi]. Engraved t.p., 22 engraved plates including 1 folding after Moses Griffths and others. From the Library of Jerrold Northrop Moore, light browning, some offsetting, first and last few leaves adhered at gutter hinge to pastedown and each other, hinges cracked between pp.18-19, contemporary speckled calf boards, some loss to corners, extremities rubbed, loss to joints that show signs of gluing with upper joint cracked through and upper board loose, gilt lettered title label and gilt compartments to faded spine with loss along head and tail. Upcott 71; Allibone 1553; Lowndes 1823; Graesse 19.ESTC T160571 'Advertisement signed: Thomas Pennant. The titlepage is engraved. With an index.' US$221.

4to. (11 3/4 x 9 inches). First edition. [A4] B-S4. [8] 1-136 pp. 50 finely hand-colored engraved plates printed recto, signed "P. Brown" or "Peter Brown" with dates in plates between January and May 1775. French Title, English Title, Dedications, Prefaces, Plates I-L each with a leaf of letterpress descriptive text in French and English, List of Plates. Contemporary straight-grained green full morocco, gilt and blind paneled, six raised bands forming seven compartments on spine with gilt direct lettering in second and third compartments, gilt-ruled dentelles with foliate at corners, all edges gilt, brown endpapers Handsome first edition with 50 finely hand-colored engraved plates. A brilliant bird book with global scope: Plate VII shows the blue-headed parrot taken by Joseph Banks from Australia to England aboard Captain Cook's Endeavour. Brown's New Illustrations of Zoology, modeled on George Edwards's The Natural History of Uncommon Birds, was based on specimens from the natural history collections of the Royal Museum and the Royal Society; it also includes 20 plates after drawings by Ceylonese artist Pieter Cornelis de Bevere from the collection of John Gideon Loten, Dutch East India administrator in Ceylon. The British naturalist and antiquarian Thomas Pennant supported Brown in the making of this book, not just by providing him with specimens from his private collection, but also by writing much of the text. Pennant had previously employed Brown to make two of the plates in the former's British Zoology. The famous Rainbow Lorikeet, the first Australian bird to reach the shores of England, is seen here in Plate VII. Sir Joseph Banks, who sailed on Captain Cook's first voyage aboard the Endeavour, brought the blue-headed parrot home after the Tahitian priest it belonged to died en route. This engraving is the first published illustration of an Australian bird. The New Zealand Creeper depicted by Brown must also come from the Cook voyage. Brown's book illustrates and describes almost exclusively exotic species far afield from England; many were seldom seen prior to publication. Brown, thought to be Danish, was the court painter to the Prince of Wales. It is not certain if he studied as a pupil of Georg Ehret (1708-1770), the famous botanical artist from Germany, but he was most certainly influenced by his work. Brown exhibited at the Royal Academy between 1770 and 1791, and was, in addition to his zoological studies, an accomplished flower painter. Forty-two of the delicately colored plates in the Zoology depict birds; five depict mammals; two depict insects; and one depicts a reptile. The birds and mammals come from places across the globe, ranging from South Carolina and Florida to Suriname, Brazil, Jamaica, and Angola, as well as Sri Lanka, Java, and the Falkland Islands. Anker 72. Dance, The Art of Natural History, passim. ESTC T143948. Fine Bird Books, p.82. Mengel 388. Nissen IVB 151. Whittell, p.81. Wood, p.264. Zimmer, p.101.

4to., pp. [viii], 172, [ii], 185-328 + 22 plates, as called for. Engraved title-page with vignette of a house titled 'Bychon'. Separate title-page for Holywell, with vignette. First leaf and title foxed, some further light foxing, occasional toning generally to leaves near plates. Recently rebound, speckled tan half calf, red morocco gilt label, brown cloth boards, endpapers renewed. A few marks to cloth, very good. 'Two of the three publications written towards the end of Pennant's life exemplify both his energy and the range of his writings. The History of the Parishes of Whiteford and Holywell (1796) offers a detailed local history and genealogical information on the Pennant family. [] The title of the third, The Literary Life of the Late Thomas Pennant Esq., by himself (1793), hints at Pennant's sense of humour. It is signed only by dotted lines to indicate the death of the author: it is for that reason that his History of the Parishes is signed 'RESURGAM', with its implication of literary resurrection.' (Withers, ODNB) ESTC T113878.