Author: EDWARDS, WILLIAM H.
Title: A Voyage Up the Amazon, Including a Residence at Para
Description: NY, D. Appleton & Co. 1847, 1st. Hard, 8vo. First edition. Hard cover in original cloth. Published NY: D. Appleton & Co, 1847. 8vo. 256pp. frontis plate plus 8pp. publisher's catalog. Blind patterned brown cloth with gilt titles. Edwards, an entomologist known for his work on butterflies, was the first American naturalist to travel in and write about South America. He collected natural history specimens for his sponsors on his voyage, and his accounts of the area inspired other expeditions. Alfred Russel Wallace and Henry Walter Bates were soon to follow. Light wear to the cloth at the spine and tips, 2 sheets opened roughly with light edge fray, small foxing spot on frontis tissue guard, else very good plus, pages bright white with no foxing or toning, binding crisp and tight. Very good plus. Very Good Plus/No Jacket, As Issued.

Keywords: History


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