1869 MALAY ARCHIPELAGO by A.WALLACE antique illustrated w /MAPS 1st US EDITION

Alfred Russel WALLACE.

The Malay Archipelago:
The Land of the Orang-utan, and the Bird of Paradise.
A Narrative of Travel, with Studies of Man and Nature.


New York: Harper & Brothers, 1869

Dedicated to Charles Darwin

Size 5 1/4 by 8"

[i-]xii[13-]14-638 pp., [2] pp, adverts.

2 folding lithographed maps, 8 wood-engraved plates, numerous wood-engraved illustrations (some full-page, including maps).

 Original brown pebble-grained cloth, blocked in gilt and blind, glazed brown endpapers

Provenance:

William Bissell (Lakeville, early inscription).


First US edition.

Very good condition, minor wear.


text in English

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The Malay Archipelago by the British naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace which chronicles his scientific exploration, during the eight-year period 1854 to 1862, of the southern portion of the Malay Archipelago including Malaysia, Singapore, the islands of Indonesia, then known as the Dutch East Indies, and the island of New Guinea.

The book describes each island that he visited in turn, giving a detailed account of its physical and human geography, its volcanoes, and the variety of animals and plants that he found and collected. At the same time, he describes his experiences, the difficulties of travel, and the help he received from the different peoples that he met.
The preface notes that he travelled over 14,000 miles and collected 125,660 natural history specimens, mostly of insects though also thousands of molluscs, birds, mammals and reptiles.

Illustrated with engravings, based on Wallace's observations and collection, by the leading illustrators Thomas Baines, Walter Hood Fitch, John Gerrard Keulemans, E. W. Robinson, Joseph Wolf and T. W. Wood.
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