Thomas. A tour in Scotland; MDCCLXIX … Third Edition.

by PENNANT

£600 · Offered by Henry Sotheran Ltd

PENNANT, Thomas. A tour in Scotland; MDCCLXIX … Third Edition. Warrington: W. Eyres . 1774. [ with: ] A tour in Scotland, and voyage to the Hebrides; MDCCLXXII. Chester: John Monk . 1774. [ with: ] A tour in Scotland. MDCCLXXII. Part II. London: Benj. White . 1776. Three volumes, 4to. Later half tan calf, marbled boards, marbled endpapers; vol. I: pp. xiii, [1], 388, [2 (advertisement leaf)], with engraved vignette title, folding engraved map of Scotland, 21 engraved plates (8 folding) and one engraved illustration in text; vol.II: pp. [2], viii, 379, [1], with engraved vignette title, 44 engraved plates (28 folding); vol. III: pp. [2], iv, 481, [1 (blank)], 34,with engraved vignette title, 47 engraved plates (23 folding); all volumes with extremities a little worn, boards slightly rubbed, corners restored; some variable light spotting and offsetting, but generally very good. First quarto edition, third edition overall, illustrated with new plates of Thomas Pennant’s Tour in Scotland in 1769, and first edition of his 1772 tour in two volumes, including brief ‘Additions’ to the first book. Thomas Pennant (1726-1798) was a naturalist, traveller, and writer from Flintshire, Wales. In 1769, he undertook a tour of Scotland, with a focus on the highlands, a region largely unknown to outsiders but of great interest for its natural history. Two years later, he published the account of his journey. Motivated by the book’s positive reception, Pennant embarked on a second tour in 1772.

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