Author: Alfred R. Wallace
Title: A Narrative of Travels on the Amazon and Rio Negro
Description: Reeve and Co. London, 1853. First Edition, Hardcover. Very Good Condition. 22.5cm x 14cm. viii, 542 pages, colour frontispiece, 1 map, 8 plates, 1 folding vocabulary table, [2] advertisements. Full green leather, full gilt spine, dentelles, marbled endpapers With an Account of the Native Tribes, and Observations on the Climate, Geology, and Natural History of the Amazon Valley. The rare first edition written from Wallace's notes of his first fieldwork expedition to the Amazon, 1848-1852, his specimens and most of his work having been lost in a cargo fire on the return voyage. Rebound in fine full green leather. Minor insect damage to fore-edge. Foxing and minor staining to frontispiece. Minor tanning and very minor foxing to pages. Small closed tear to folding vocabulary table at hinge. Shipped Weight: 1 kilo.

Keywords: BZDB407 Natural History & Resources; Countries::South America; Unbranded Alfred R. Wallace A Narrative of Travels on the Amazon and Rio Negro Countries::South America


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