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The literary life of the late Thomas Pennant, Esq.

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  • Other Name

    Genera of birds (Alternate title)

    Tennant's Literary life &c. (Alternate title)

  • Place
    London, England, United Kingdom
  • Other Id

    DA716.P33 PEN (Library of Congress Call Number)

    85629 (Cat ID)

    85507 (Presto content ID)

  • Department

    Publications

Images and documents

Catalogue

  • Object Type

    book

  • Name/Title
    The literary life of the late Thomas Pennant, Esq.
  • Other Name

    Genera of birds (Alternate title)

    Tennant's Literary life &c. (Alternate title)

  • Primary Maker

     Thomas Pennant (Author)

  • Contributor/Publisher
    Sold by Benjamin and John White, Fleet-Street, and Robert Faulder, New Bond-Street
  • Place
    London, England, United Kingdom
  • Date
    1793
  • Production date notes
    M.DCC.XCIII.
  • Physical Description

    4 unnumbered pages, 144, 16, 20 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

  • Level of Current Record
    Bib record
  • Member Object

    1 item in this collection. View all items.

  • Subject Category

    Pennant, Thomas, 1726-1798

    Patagonians

    Wales--Politics and government

  • Content
    Literary life
    Appendix:
    Of the Patagonians
    Free thoughts on the militia laws
    A letter from a Welsh freeholder to his representative
    A letter on the ladies affectation of the military dress
    On imprudency of conduct in married ladies
    Flintshire petition in 1779
    A letter to a member of parliament on mail coaches
    Of the loyal associations of the present year, in Flintshire.
  • Public Access Text

    The portrait to be had separate at Mr. Mazel's, No. 7, Bridges-Street, Covent-Garden. The bookbinder is desired to place the ruins of Fountain Abbey at p. 16.--Verso of contents page. Includes bibliographical references. Most appendix chapters have separate half title page. 'Of the Patagonians' and 'A letter to a member of Parliament on mail-coaches' appears twice in volume, with separate title pages. Spine title: Tennant's Literary life &c.

    Bound with A genera of birds / [Thomas Pennant]. London: printed for B. White, MDCCLXXXI [1781]. ESTC T845. AWMM copy: Full leather binding, boards bordered on outer and inner edges with gold tooled decorations. Green, red, yellow and blue marbled endpapers. Circular white and gold label of Norman Court and AWMM Powell classification label C.2 on inside front board. Lightly annotated, including tipped-in slip of paper at page 99. Does not contain engraved frontispiece portrait.

  • Collection Type
    Reserve Collection
  • Copyright
    All rights reserved
  • Last Update
    19 Dec 2023
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