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Thomas Pennant
(1726 - 1798)

The View of Hindoostan



THOMAS PENNANT, The View of Hindoostan: Western Hindoostan, London: Henry Hughs, 1798

(Set of 2 Volumes bound in 1)
Volume I: Western Hindoostan, frontis present, [2], [1], (ii-v), [11], [1], 2-263 pp, [1], [9] index, [1], 1 map (folding), 8 plates, 1 vignette
Volume II: Eastern Hindoostan, frontis present, [10], [1], 2-374 pp, [13] index, 13 plates, 1 vignette
Contemporary full diced leather boards, hardcover binding, title in gilt on spine
32.5 x 26 x 3.3 cm

"[Pennant was] distinguished by his personal energy, a keen observational sense, and by methodological organization and attention to facts he may be said to exemplify those gentleman scholars of nature in the later eighteenth century whose interests in natural knowledge aimed at national improvement through intellectual enquiry." - AMANDA EURICH

This book was written by Thomas Pennant (1726 - 1798), a Welsh naturalist, zoologist and antiquarian who authored numerous books on zoology and travel. Although his travel books beyond Britain and Europe were largely based on his knowledge of and other writings on these places, he compiled thorough and well-researched accounts that explored not only the natural history but also the local customs, manners and antiquities.







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ANTIQUARIAN BOOKS AUCTION
15-16 JANUARY 2020

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