History of Quadrupeds 2 Volume Paperback Set

by Thomas Pennant

Overview

Thomas Pennant (1726–98) was a keen geologist, naturalist and antiquary. Linnaeus supported his election to the Royal Swedish Society of Sciences in 1757, and in 1767 he became a Fellow of the Royal Society. His History of Quadrupeds (1793), aimed to promote natural history among a wider readership, originated in an informal index to John Ray's Synopsis of 1693. In his preface, Pennant acknowledges the monumental Histoire naturelle by the Comte de Buffon, as well as works by Klein (1751), Brisson (1756), and particularly the work of Linnaeus, though Pennant strongly disagreed with Linnaueus's classification of primates as including humans with apes. Pennant's two-volume book, beautifully illustrated with over 100 engravings, provides an overview of the state of zoological classification at the end of the eighteenth century. Charles Darwin owned a copy and had it sent to him in South America during the Beagle voyage.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781108005180
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	09/24/2009
Series:	Cambridge Library Collection - Zoology
Pages:	904
Product dimensions:	12.80(w) x 9.92(h) x 2.76(d)

Table of Contents

Volume I: Preface; Part I. Hoofed Quadrupeds: 1. Horse; 2. Ox; 3. Sheep; 4. Goat; 5. Giraffe; 6. Antelope; 7. Deer; 8. Musk; 9. Camel; 10. Hog; 11. Rhinoceros; 12. Hippopotame; 13. Tapiir; 14. Elephant; Part II. Digitated Quadrupeds: 15. Ape; 16. Maucauco; 17. Dog; 18. Hyæna; 19. Cat; Volume II: 20. Bear; 21; Badger; 22. Opossum; 23. Weesel; 24. Otter; 25; Cavy; 26. Hare; 27. Beaver; 28. Porcupine; 29. Marmot; 30. Squirrel; 31. Dormouse; 32. Jerboa; 33. Rat; 34. Shrew; 35. Mole; 36. Hedge-Hog; 37. Sloth; 38. Armadillo; 39. Manis; 40. Anteater; Part III. Pinnated Quadrupeds: 41. Walrus; 42. Seal; 43. Manati; Part IV. Winged: 44. Bats; Additions.