Manuscript notes to Pennant's natural history

By

Tunstall, Marmaduke, 1743-1790
Wood, Casey A. (Casey Albert), 1856-1942
Constable, Edward,

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