Identity area
Reference code
NLW MS 22731iiE
Title
Thomas Pennant: Ornithology notes
Date(s)
- [1760s]-[c. 1808] (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
46 ff. Guarded and filed; formerly loose in MS 22731iE.
Context area
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Bought for NLW at Sotheby's, lot 1964,; New York,; 12/13 December 1989
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Items, 1760s - c. 1808, relating chiefly to ornithology in the hands of Thomas and David Pennant, William Morris ('o Fôn') and others. Included are notes on different species; lists of English and Welsh bird names; letters, 1763-93, to Thomas Pennant; printed prospectus, 1788 (2 ff.) for Robert Ferryman's A Complete History of British Birds and Quadrupeds (not published); and printed Catalogue of British Birds(4 ff.) by Thomas Pennant (see also NLW MS 2549B).
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- engwel
Script of material
Language and script notes
English, Welsh
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
See also NLW MSS 22731iE and 2549B
Note
Preferred citation: NLW MS 22731iiE
Alternative identifier(s)
Virtua system control number
vtls004280436
GEAC system control number
(WlAbNL)0000280436
Access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Ferryman, R. (Robert) 'Proposals for publishing a complete history of British birds and quadrupeds'... by (1788), NLW MS 22731iiE, ff. 38-9. (Subject)
- Forster, Georg, 1754-1794 Notes by (1760s-90s), NLW MS 22731iiE, f. 17r-v (Subject)
- Pennant, David, 1763-1841 Notes by (c. 1808), NLW MS 22731iiE, ff. 44-6v (Subject)
- Pennant, Thomas, 1726-1798 A Catalogue of British Birds by (n.d.), NLW MS 22731iiE, ff. 40-3v Letters to (1763-93), NLW MS 22731iiE, ff. 1-4 Ornithological notes by (1760s-90s), NLW MS 22731iiE (Subject)