1869, ISBN: 1f020d08fc87342eae96f393fc394b07

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[SC: 19.82], FIRST EDITION, The land of the Orang-Utan, and the Bird of Paradise. A Narrative of Travel, with Studies of Man and Nature. First edition. 2 vols. 2 frontispieces, 9 maps (2 … Plus…

[SC: 19.82], FIRST EDITION, The land of the Orang-Utan, and the Bird of Paradise. A Narrative of Travel, with Studies of Man and Nature. First edition. 2 vols. 2 frontispieces, 9 maps (2 folding), 6 plates, numerous illustrations. 8vo. Original green cloth, hinges repaired, extremities slightly rubbed, discreet ex-lib stamps. xxiii, 478, 52ads (dated December 1868); iv, 524pp. London, Macmillan & Co., Wallace?s ?Malay Archipelago is regarded as the most celebrated of all writings on Indonesia and ranks with a small handful of other works as one of the nineteenth century?s best scientific travel books? (Howgego). He began his eight year journey in 1854 visiting each of the islands in the archipelago, some more than once. Perhaps his most important discovery was that the archipelago is zoologically divided into two by the deep water straight (Wallace's Line) between Bali and Lombok. As his journey progressed so Wallace become a confirmed evolutionist, however it was not until he was suffering from a fever in the Moluccas that he came up with the theory of natural selection as the method of evolution. Putting his ideas down on paper over the following two days Wallace sent them off to Charles Darwin, the result being their joint paper which was given to the Linnean Society on 1st July, 1858.CHAR(13) + CHAR(10)CHAR(13) + CHAR(10)CHAR(13) + CHAR(10)CHAR(13) + CHAR(10)Returning to London in 1862, Wallace sold sufficient of his collections to obtain income of some £300 per year from the capital raised and began work on The Malay Archipelago, which was published in 1869 (DNB). Howgego II, W10.<

1869, ISBN: 1f020d08fc87342eae96f393fc394b07

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[SC: 12.0], FIRST EDITION, The land of the Orang-Utan, and the Bird of Paradise. A Narrative of Travel, with Studies of Man and Nature. First edition. 2 vols. 2 frontispieces, 9 maps (2 f… Plus…

[SC: 12.0], FIRST EDITION, The land of the Orang-Utan, and the Bird of Paradise. A Narrative of Travel, with Studies of Man and Nature. First edition. 2 vols. 2 frontispieces, 9 maps (2 folding), 6 plates, numerous illustrations. 8vo. Original green cloth, hinges repaired, extremities slightly rubbed, discreet ex-lib stamps. xxiii, 478, 52ads (dated December 1868); iv, 524pp. London, Macmillan & Co., Wallace?s ?Malay Archipelago is regarded as the most celebrated of all writings on Indonesia and ranks with a small handful of other works as one of the nineteenth century?s best scientific travel books? (Howgego). He began his eight year journey in 1854 visiting each of the islands in the archipelago, some more than once. Perhaps his most important discovery was that the archipelago is zoologically divided into two by the deep water straight (Wallace's Line) between Bali and Lombok. As his journey progressed so Wallace become a confirmed evolutionist, however it was not until he was suffering from a fever in the Moluccas that he came up with the theory of natural selection as the method of evolution. Putting his ideas down on paper over the following two days Wallace sent them off to Charles Darwin, the result being their joint paper which was given to the Linnean Society on 1st July, 1858.CHAR(13) + CHAR(10)CHAR(13) + CHAR(10)CHAR(13) + CHAR(10)CHAR(13) + CHAR(10)Returning to London in 1862, Wallace sold sufficient of his collections to obtain income of some £300 per year from the capital raised and began work on The Malay Archipelago, which was published in 1869 (DNB). Howgego II, W10.<

1869, ISBN: 1f020d08fc87342eae96f393fc394b07

[SC: 19.82], The land of the Orang-Utan, and the Bird of Paradise. A Narrative of Travel, with Studies of Man and Nature. Second edition. 2 vols. 2 frontispieces, 9 maps (2 folding), 6 pl… Plus…

[SC: 19.82], The land of the Orang-Utan, and the Bird of Paradise. A Narrative of Travel, with Studies of Man and Nature. Second edition. 2 vols. 2 frontispieces, 9 maps (2 folding), 6 plates, numerous illustrations. 8vo. Original green cloth, extremities slightly rubbed, a few spots and abrasions to the cloth, else a very good bright copy. xix, [1], 312; 341, [1], [2ads]pp. London, Macmillan & Co., Wallace began his eight year journey in 1854 visiting each of the islands in the archipelago, some more than once. Perhaps his most important discovery being that the archipelago is zoologically divided into two by the deep water straight (Wallace's Line) between Bali and Lombok. As his journey progressed so Wallace become a confirmed evolutionist, however it was not until he was suffering from a fever in the Moluccas that he came up with the theory of natural selection as the method of evolution. Putting his ideas down on paper over the following two days Wallace sent them off to Charles Darwin, the result being their joint paper which was given to the Linnean Society on 1st July, 1858.CHAR(13) + CHAR(10)CHAR(13) + CHAR(10)CHAR(13) + CHAR(10)CHAR(13) + CHAR(10)Returning to London in 1862, Wallace sold sufficient of his collections to obtain income of some £300 per year from the capital raised and began work on The Malay Archipelago, which was published in 1869 (DNB).<