WALLACE | Palm trees of the Amazon. London, 1853, original cloth

WALLACE, ALFRED RUSSEL

Palm Trees of the Amazon and their uses. London: John van Voorst, 1853

FIRST EDITION, 8vo (195 x 120mm.), 48 lithographed plates by W. Fitch, original cloth, yellow endpapers, occasional slight spotting, spine a trifle rubbed at foot

RARE. Wallace's first book, of which only two hundred and fifty copies were printed. Although Wallace lost most of his drawings and materials when his ship sank on the homeward voyage in August 1852, his notes and drawings of Amazonian palm trees were rescued.

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Borba de Moraes p.933; Nissen BBI 2097