Sale 2549 - Lot 217
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Sale 2549 - Lot 217
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 800
Pennant, Thomas (1726-1798)
Arctic Zoology. [and] Supplement to the Arctic Zoology.
London: Printed by Henry Hughs, 1784-1785 [and] 1787.
First edition, three large-paper quarto titles bound as two volumes, I: [pi]2, A4, a-m4, n2, o-z4, aa-cc4, dd1, B-Z4, Aa4, Bb1, illustrated with engraved frontispiece, engraved vignette of moose to title, one folding engraving, and seven full page plates: II: Bb-Zz4, 3A-3Z4, 4A-4G4; engraved vignette to title, fifteen full page copperplate engravings; Supplement: A-K4, L2, M-N4, O2, P-Y4, Z2, illustrated with two large folding maps; in total twenty-three engraved plates and two maps, natural history plates engraved by Peter Mazell (c. 1761-1797); bound in uniform contemporary red sheepskin, gilt-tooled spines (worn, rubbed), marbled paper boards, 11 1/2 x 9 in. (2)
ESTC T114528; T114529; Arctic Bibliography 13291; Lada-Mocarski 38; Sabin 59757; Wickersham 6822-23.
Arctic Zoology. [and] Supplement to the Arctic Zoology.
London: Printed by Henry Hughs, 1784-1785 [and] 1787.
First edition, three large-paper quarto titles bound as two volumes, I: [pi]2, A4, a-m4, n2, o-z4, aa-cc4, dd1, B-Z4, Aa4, Bb1, illustrated with engraved frontispiece, engraved vignette of moose to title, one folding engraving, and seven full page plates: II: Bb-Zz4, 3A-3Z4, 4A-4G4; engraved vignette to title, fifteen full page copperplate engravings; Supplement: A-K4, L2, M-N4, O2, P-Y4, Z2, illustrated with two large folding maps; in total twenty-three engraved plates and two maps, natural history plates engraved by Peter Mazell (c. 1761-1797); bound in uniform contemporary red sheepskin, gilt-tooled spines (worn, rubbed), marbled paper boards, 11 1/2 x 9 in. (2)
ESTC T114528; T114529; Arctic Bibliography 13291; Lada-Mocarski 38; Sabin 59757; Wickersham 6822-23.