Title
Manuscript notes to Pennant's natural history
By
Tunstall, Marmaduke, 1743-1790
, author, compiler
Wood, Casey A. (Casey Albert), 1856-1942
, former owner
Constable, Edward,
, former owner
Type
Book
Material
Archival material
Publication info
[Wycliffe Hall], Marmaduke Tunstall, [between 1780-90?]
Notes
Manuscript.
Spine title.
Date and place of publication from Wood.
Original manuscript notes and additions to the zoological works of Thomas Pennant (British Zoology, 1776) with water-coloured drawings of birds, possibly with intent to publish a later, revised edition (none such published). Pages of original text are interleaved with leaves containing extensive manuscript annotations written in a clear, sloped hand.
Includes 20 watercolours of birds attributed to Tunstall by Casey Wood.
First 50 pages of volume 1 contain historical information on the production and provenance of the manuscript, as well as a biography of Tunstall himself, taken from George Fox's "Synopsis of the Newcastle Museum."
Contents: v. 1. | Quadrupeds -- | v. 2. | Land birds - | v. 3. | Water birds -- | v. 4. | Reptiles & fishes.
Wood, C.A. Introduction to the literature of vertebrate zoology, | page 604
Subjects
Great Britain
,
Manuscripts, English
,
Montréal
,
Natural history
,
Québec
,
Québec (Province)
,
Zoology
Call Number
QL255 T9 1780z
Language
English
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