The Geographical Distribution of Animals. : With a study of the relation of the living and extinct faunas...
by WALLACE, Alfred Russel
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WALLACE, Alfred Russel. The Geographical Distribution of Animals. With a study of the relation of the living and extinct faunas as elucidating the past changes in the Earth's surface. With Maps and Illustrations. 2 vols., original pictorial gilt stamped green cloth, pp. [xxiv], 503; [xii], 607, [1] blank, [2] ads + 7 colored maps, 3 folding or double-page & 20 plates. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1876.
First American Edition. Acquired from a private collection. An excellent copy of an important book by one of the leading evolutionary thinkers of the 19th century. A foundational work of zoogeography. "To those more interested in facts, than in theories this book will serve as kind of a dictionary of the geography and affinities of animals. By means of the copious index, the native country, the systematic position, and the numerical extent of every important and well established genus of land-animal may be at once discovered..."-Wood, p. 617. With neat 1877 pencil ownership signatue in each volume. Superior to every copy we have tracked at auction, the last two of which (2018) each fetched over $2000.00, despite their faults. 84759
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- Howard S. Mott, Inc (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1338
- Title
- The Geographical Distribution of Animals.
- Author
- WALLACE, Alfred Russel
- Format/Binding
- Original pictorial gilt stamped green cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harper
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1876
- Pages
- 1110
- Size
- 8vo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Evolution
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