Lot 165
Wallace (Alfred Russel) Lecture on the Comparative Antiquity of Continents as Indicated by the Distribution of Living and Extinct Animals, original printed wrappers, William Clowes and Sons, 1877.
Hammer Price: £450
Description
Wallace (Alfred Russel) Lecture on the Comparative Antiquity of Continents as Indicated by the Distribution of Living and Extinct Animals, slightly browned, original printed wrappers, [COPAC lists 1 copy only located at the Natural History Museum], 8vo, William Clowes and Sons, 1877.
⁂ Extremely scarce offprint. Originally published in Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society of London, vol. 21 no. 6 (1876). Wallace is "remembered for his support of the theory of the permanence of ocean basins and continental masses". - Oxford DNB.
Description
Wallace (Alfred Russel) Lecture on the Comparative Antiquity of Continents as Indicated by the Distribution of Living and Extinct Animals, slightly browned, original printed wrappers, [COPAC lists 1 copy only located at the Natural History Museum], 8vo, William Clowes and Sons, 1877.
⁂ Extremely scarce offprint. Originally published in Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society of London, vol. 21 no. 6 (1876). Wallace is "remembered for his support of the theory of the permanence of ocean basins and continental masses". - Oxford DNB.
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