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Notes and annotated proof sheets? of images illustrating 'Monkeys: Their Affinities and Distribution', in A. R. Wallace, "Studies Scientific and Social", (London 1900) vol. 1, Ch.VII, pp. 146-184, figs 25-43, comprising: 1. Rough notes in ink and pencil in A. R. Wallace's hand on one sheet headed on the front "Woodcuts" with a list of primate species beginning with Lemur Catta, some crossed through, with page and/or figure number references to figures in Flower and Lyddeker, Bates and Zoological Society publications. 2 - 19: Small page or part-page proof-sheets? with annotations in A. R. Wallace's hand showing woodcut and engraved? images varying in size from approx. 6 cm x 5cm to 9.5 cm x 15 cm, of various primates species including Gorilla, Lemur and Loris; and a diagram of the skull of an Aye-Aye; all reproduced in Ch. VII, figs 25-43; attributed to Flower and Lyddeker, Huxley, Bates, and the Zoological Society of London. Notes: "Monkeys: Their Affinities and Distribution" was first published in "Contemporary Review", Dec 1881. Images are from Flower, W H and Lyddeker, R, "An introduction to the study of Mammals living and extinct" (London 1891), Bates, H W, "The Naturalist on the River Amazon" (London 1863), Huxley, T H "Man's place in nature, and other anthropological essays" (London? 1863) and "List of the Vertebrated Animals now or lately living in the Gardens of the Zoological Society of London" (London, various editions from 1828 onwards). |
