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Pp. [2, ads], 256, [8, ads], frontis plate, engraved title page, sm 8vo. Modern black cloth spine over original ribbed cloth, endpapers renewed, sm 8vo. Edwards was the first American naturalist to travel to South America to collect natural history specimens in the Amazon forest. This book inspired Alfred Russel Wallace to travel to the Amazon to collect specimens for museums in Britain (Borba de Moraes, 1983). Wallace later wrote a book about his travels along the Amazon River that was first published in 1853.
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11096
First
New York
Appleton
1847
Very Good
Rebacked with new cloth spine, corners and edges of cloth are chipped and worn, inner front joint with minor professional repair, otherwise a very good copy.
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