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Author: [Pennant, Thomas]
Title: Arctic Zoology
Place Published: London
Publisher:Henry Hughes
Date Published: 1784-5, 1787
Description:

3 volumes bound in 2. [10], cc, (6), 185, [1 blank]; [2], (187)-586, [12], 1 errata; [viii], 163 + [1] ad pp. 24 engraved plates (one folding) including frontispiece and 2 folding maps in supplement volume. (4to) 24.5x19 cm. (9¾x7½"), bound in modern plain calf with green morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, marbled pastedowns.

The supplement, present here, was issued in 1787. A beautifully illustrated study of quadrupeds, birds, reptiles, fish and insects of the northern parts of America, Europe and Asia, including the Arctic and Subarctic regions of Canada. In compiling the work, Pennant relied on contemporary authorities, as he did not personally conduct field studies. He records the latest geographical discoveries on his maps, including information on Hearne, whose Coppermine River discoveries are shown on Pennant's map three years prior to the release of Hearne's Journey... (1795) and Alexander Mackenzie's Voyages... whose river expedition from Great Slave Lake to the Arctic Ocean is depicted as "New River According to McKenzie [sic]" which is shown nine years before the publication of Mackenzie's book in 1801. [AB 13291]

Wear, rubbing, and some scuffing to calf; offsetting and light toning to plates and interior, tape repair to top of preliminary page of supplement, tape repair to back side of one of the folding maps, maps with some foxing and small tears at edges and stubbs; very good.