A Tour in Scotland 1769 Available to Purchase

Once past the perennial tag of being the man to whom Gilbert White addressed about half his letters, Thomas Pennant stands in his own right as one of the major naturalists and writers of the eighteenth century. In his introduction to this edition Brian Osborne simply ‐ and quite correctly in this context ‐ ignores the Selborne connection. Pennant, after all, was a scientific naturalist of deservedly great repute, and an observant traveller who recorded his journeys accurately and objectively. He was also, as his pursuits would require, the owner of one of the more significant private libraries of his...