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Wallace, Alfred Russel
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Description
The Malay Archipelago: The Land of the Orang-utan, and the Bird of Paradise. A Narrative of Travel, with Studies of Man and Nature. London: Macmillan, 1869
2 volumes, in 8s (7 1/2 x 4 7/8 in.; 190 x 125 mm). 2 folding maps (one with route handcolored), 8 wood-engraved plates (including frontispieces), numerous wood-engraved illustrations and maps in text, half-titles. Publisher's gilt-pictorial green cloth, russet-coated endpapers; a bit rubbed, spines slighly dulled.
2 volumes, in 8s (7 1/2 x 4 7/8 in.; 190 x 125 mm). 2 folding maps (one with route handcolored), 8 wood-engraved plates (including frontispieces), numerous wood-engraved illustrations and maps in text, half-titles. Publisher's gilt-pictorial green cloth, russet-coated endpapers; a bit rubbed, spines slighly dulled.
Literature
Norman 2176
Catalogue Note
First edition of one of the greatest narratives of natural history ever written. It was during the explorations described in this volume, which is dedicated to Charles Darwin, that Wallace formulated his theory of evolutionary biology.