Wallace, Alfred Russel. The Geographical Distribution of Animals. With a study of the relations of living and extinct faunas as elucidating the past changes of the Earth's surface. 1st. Ed. Pub. Macmillan and Co. 1876
Two volume set. pp.xxi, [iii], 503; viii, [iv], 607 with fold-out coloured map frontispiece, 6 further colour maps and 20 plates. 8vo. Some scattered foxing and lightly bumped corners to Volume 1, otherwise contents in fine condition. Rossall School (Lancs) Science Prize (for July 1891). With additional bookplate. AEG. Very attractively bound in full calf leather, with Rossall School gilt motifs to boards and further rich gilt decoration. Bindings show a little bumping & shelf wear and overall are in thoroughly very good condition. A very pleasing set.
Wallace’s ‘The Geographical Distribution of Animals' proved to be the key text on the subject for almost 100 years. Rossall School was granted a Royal Charter on 21 October 1890 and was widely considered to be in the top 30 public schools in the UK. By the end of Queen Victoria's reign the school’s academic results were among the best in the country and enjoyed a reputation as 'The Eton of the North’ (Rossall School).
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