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Annotated proof sheets? of images illustrating 'Flowers and Forests of the Far West', in A. R. Wallace, "Studies Scientific and Social", (London 1900) vol. 1, Ch. X, pp. 213-234, figs 49 and 50, comprising: 1. Proof sheet? with black and white photographic image approx. 9 cm x 13 cm showing three tall Sequoia? tree trunks, the central one apparently partly stripped of bark, annotated in A. R. Wallace's hand in ink "The 'Mother of the Forest; (dead) Calaveros Grove" and in pencil " To face p. 807 of proof" and "chap. X". Reproduced in vol 1, ch. X as fig. 49, facing p. 228 captioned "The Mother of the Forest", undated and unattributed. 2. Proof sheet? with black and white photographic image approx. 9 cm x 13 cm showing a large multiple trunk to the largest stem of which is fastened a sign reading "Col. Ingersoll's Cathedral"; annotated in ink n A. R. Wallace's hand "Redwood Tree (Sequoia sempervirens) Sta Cruz" and in pencil "to face p. 809 of proof". Reproduced in vol 1, ch. X as fig. 50, facing p. 232, undated and unattributed. Place: California USA Notes: "Flowers and Forests of the Far West" was first published in "Fortnightly Review" Dec 1891. |
