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- 17 August 1764 (Creation)
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1 f. (originally folded as two leaves)
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Thomas Pennant, naturalist, antiquary and traveller, was born on the Downing estate in Flintshire. He was educated at Wrexham and London before entering Queen's College, Oxford aged eighteen. Thomas developed a love of the natural world at school and began travelling whilst at Oxford; in the following years he travelled widely throughout Britain and Europe. The Outlines of the Globe was Thomas's most ambitious literary project. The work originally took up twenty-two volumes but only four of these were published - two by Pennant himself and two by his son, David.
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Previously sold at auction at Sotheby's, London, 7 December 1984 (lot 466); sold in 2015 as part of of the Fattorini Collection formed by Hugh Fattorini (1934-2005).
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Sotheby's; London; Purchased at auction, lot 46; 30 April 2015; 006845336.
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A letter, 17 August 1764, from Thomas Pennant, Downing, to his fellow naturalist [the Rev. William] Borlase, concerning Pennant's grief at the recent death of his first wife, a drawing [?of a lamprey] sent by Borlase, the receipt from a Mr Fleischer of Copenhagen of a Scandinavian collection of birds (see Thomas Pennant, British Zoology, 4 vols (London, 1768-1770), I, 134-135) and tips on the drawing of seals. There are also references to Sir J[ohn] St Aubyn, [4th baronet].
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English.
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Preferred citation: NLW MS 24045F, f. 10.
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- Borlase, William, 1695-1772 -- Correspondence. (Subject)
- Pennant, Elizabeth, -1764 -- Death and burial. (Subject)
- St Aubyn, John, Sir, 1726-1772. (Subject)
- Pennant, Thomas, 1726-1798 -- Correspondence (Subject)