Pennant, Thomas — British Zoology. Vol. I-IV

Printed for Wilkie and Robinson London xlvii, 568; vii, 451, [1]; viii, 545, [1]; xvi, 379, [1], 5 engraved titles, 294 engraved plates (3 folding). . HB. 4 vols, 8vo, cont. full polished calf, scuffed and worn (3 volumes with repairs to spines/joints), gilt-ruled borders, raised bands to spine, gilt tooling to compartments. Later endpapers. Foxing, chiefly to the first volume, occasionally heavy. Some offsetting. A good set.. New edition. Vol. I: Class I. Quadrupeds, II. Birds. Division I. Land Birds. Vol. II: Class II. Birds. Division II. Water Birds. Vol. III: Class III. Reptiles, IV. Fishes; Vol. IV: Class V. Crustacea, Mollusca, Testacea, VI. Vermes. All volumes with letterpress and engraved titles. Additional engraved title for Land Birds in volume I. Thomas Pennant (1726-1798), was a British naturalist, traveller, writer and antiquarian. G.R. de Beer, one time president of the Ray Society, wrote of him: 'it will hardly be denied that he was the leading British Zoologist after Ray and before Darwin.'Nissen IVB, 710..