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BATES, Henry Walter (1825-1892). The Naturalist on the River Amazons. London: John Murray, 1863. 2 volumes, 8°. Folding engraved map and 9 wood-engraved plates, illustrations in the text (a little light spotting). Original pictorial cloth gilt, uncut (a little rubbed). Provenance: 'From James Samuelson, L'pool April 1863. To Minnie & Lily' (inscription on front free endpapers) -- Gunnar Harling (blue ownership stamp on titles).
FIRST EDITION. Bates spent eleven years, from 1848 to 1859, on the Amazon rivers where he collected 14,500 species of which 8,000 were new. Sabin 3932a. (2)
FIRST EDITION. Bates spent eleven years, from 1848 to 1859, on the Amazon rivers where he collected 14,500 species of which 8,000 were new. Sabin 3932a. (2)
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