Author: WALLACE, A.RUSSELL - P.J. VETH (EDITOR/TRANSLATOR],
Title: Insulinde: Het land van den Orang-Oetan en den Paradijsvogel. [FIRST dutch language edition, annotated and translated from the orig.english & annotated by P.J. Veth. FIRST dutch translation.
Description: Amsterdam, Van Kampen, 1870-, 1871. 2 vols. orig. Blind dec. cloth, gilt spines, gilt vignettes on upper boards, (xxiv), 528; (x), 552pp., 2 fronts., 2 title-vignettes, 10 full-p. plates, text-ills. & figures after woordcuts by T.W. Wood, Keulemans, Baines, Robinson, Fitch, 1 full-p. coloured map after Wallace & Melvil van Carnbee, large folded coloured map at end of vol., register. The famous work by the Naturalist Wallace, for the first time translated into dutch by P.J. Veth. This edn. is of special interest for the extensive additional annots. by Veth A very good copy. Rare.

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