WALLACE, Alfred Russel.
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 and Co , 1869.
$20,000.00
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Item Number: RRB-149354
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"THE FINEST SCIENTIFIC TRAVEL BOOK EVER WRITTEN": Rare First Edition, First Issue of Alfred Russel Wallace's The Malay Archipelago, In Fine Condition
First edition, first issue of one of the greatest travel narratives of the nineteenth century and one of the most important early contributions to the theory of evolution. Octavo, 2 volumes, original publisher's gilt-decorated green cloth with gilt central vignette of an orangutan to each front panel, tissue-guarded wood-engraved frontispiece to each volume, pictorial vignette to each title page, illustrated with six engraved plates, two lithographed folding maps tracing Wallace's journey, and numerous in-text maps and illustrations. In near fine condition, bookplates to the pastedown of Vol. I. and verso of the frontispiece of Vol. II. First editions are rare, exceptionally rare in this condition.
The Malay Archipelago: The Land of the Orang-utan, and the Bird of Paradise. A Narrative of Travel, with Studies of Man and Nature.
$20,000.00
Out of Stock
