Fauna Orcadensis: or, the Natural History of the Quadrupeds, Birds, Reptiles, and Fishes of Orkney and Shetland
by Low, George
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- Hardcover
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Edinburgh/London: Printed by George Ramsay and Company, for Archibald Constable and Company, and Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, - and White, Cochrane, and Co., 1813. xx, 230, . . HB. 4to, later panelled calf, raised bands to spine, gilt rules and motifs to compartments, leather title piece; old stain to front board; darkened section to rear board. Occasional light spotting. Very good.. First edition. Scarce. Published posthumously from a manuscript in the possession of Wm. Elford Leach. Lacking initial blank leaf (i/ii). George Low (1746-1795), was a Scottish naturalist. In 1768 he went to Stromness, Orkney, as a tutor. The rest of his life was taken up by the study of the natural history of the Orkney Islands. In 1771, Low became a Presbyterian Minister. In 1772, after a visit to Iceland, the explorer and naturalist Sir Joseph Banks (1743-1820) visited Orkney in the company of the Swedish botanist Dr. Daniel Solander (1736-1782), and physician Dr. James Lind (1716-1794). Through them, Low was able to widen his connections, and in 1774 began a tour of the south islands of Orkney and the whole of the Shetland Islands. In 1774, he was installed as Minister in the Parish of Birsay and Harray, and was able to complete his works on the history and flora and fauna of Orkney..
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- Pemberley Natural History Books (GB)
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- Title
- Fauna Orcadensis: or, the Natural History of the Quadrupeds, Birds, Reptiles, and Fishes of Orkney and Shetland
- Author
- Low, George
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Printed by George Ramsay and Company, for Archibald Constable and Company, and Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, - and Whit
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh/London
- Date Published
- 1813
- Keywords
- ABA02-2024; Fauna; Natural History; Orkney Islands; Shetland Isles
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Specialist Natural History Booksellers, providing a mail order service for individual, museums, research institutes, universities and libraries around the world. We supply new, used and antiquarian books on all aspects of natural history, particularly specialising in entomology.
Established 1989.
Website: www.pemberleybooks.com Searchable stock database and secure ordering
We also have a specialist bookshop in Iver (just west of London - easy to reach by train or car, and close to Heathrow Airport)
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