Genera of Birds - Brossura

Pennant, Thomas

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1108067786 ISBN 13: 9781108067782

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2014

Riassunto

The naturalist and traveller Thomas Pennant (1726–98) helped popularise British ornithology by meticulously compiling and arranging existing research. At the age of twelve, Pennant had been given Francis Willughby's Ornithology (1678), to which he credited his lifelong love of natural history. His own writings on ornithology are heavily based on the classification system devised by Willughby and John Ray, which divides birds primarily into land birds and waterfowl. Although Pennant's brief, accessible book brought few original insights to the field, it boosted public interest in the study and classification of birds. The detailed descriptions of the appearance and habits of each bird are enlivened by the author's elegant turns of phrase. This better-known 1781 version of the 1773 original includes fifteen fine engravings. Pennant's other zoological works include Arctic Zoology (1784–5) and his History of Quadrupeds (third edition, 1793), both of which are reissued in this series.

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Descrizione del libro

The naturalist Thomas Pennant (1726–98) wrote this brief, accessible book for lay readers. He used the classification system devised by John Ray and Francis Willughby, whose Ornithology (1678) had first sparked Pennant's interest in natural history. This better-known 1781 version of the 1773 original includes fifteen fine engravings.

Contenuti

Advertisement; Dedication; Preface; Part I. Land-birds: 1. Rapacious; 2. Pies; 3. Gallinaceous; 4 Columbine; 5. Passerine; 6. Struthious; Part II. Water-birds: 7. Cloven-footed, or waders; 8. Pinnated feet; 9. Web-footed; Explanation of the plates.

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• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1108067786
• ISBN 13: 9781108067782
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 128