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Forbes, Henry Ogg
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300 - 500 GBP
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- A Naturalist's Wanderings in the Eastern Archipelago, a Narrative of Travel and Exploration from 1878 to 1883. London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1885
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FIRST EDITION, 8vo (220 x 140mm.), xx, 536pp., coloured frontispiece, 4 coloured folding maps, 21 plain plates, illustrations, original pictorial blue cloth gilt, dark brown endpapers, slipcase
Scottish naturalist and traveller Henry Forbes explored the islands of the Dutch East Indies, travelling in Java, Sumatra, Moluccas, Timorlaut, Bouru and Timor. This work provides detailed descriptions of the natural history, wildlife and peoples of western Java and southern Sumatra, earlier visited by Alfred Russell Wallace.
Scottish naturalist and traveller Henry Forbes explored the islands of the Dutch East Indies, travelling in Java, Sumatra, Moluccas, Timorlaut, Bouru and Timor. This work provides detailed descriptions of the natural history, wildlife and peoples of western Java and southern Sumatra, earlier visited by Alfred Russell Wallace.
Literature
Nissen ZBI 1408
Condition
A very good copy
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NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."