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2 photos and 12 annotated proof sheets? of black and white photographic and woodcut or metal engraved images from approx. 8.5 cm x 7.5 cm to 10 cm x 15.5 cm in size illustrating 'New Guinea and its Inhabitants', in A. R. Wallace, "Studies Scientific and Social", (London 1900) vol. 1, Ch. XX, pp. 416-460, figs 59-71; most annotated back and front in lead pencil and/or ink in A. R. Wallace's and other? hands, some with the figure number as finally published in blue pencil in A. R. Wallace's? WGW's? hand; comprising (fig. numbers and attributions as given in the publication): 1. Proof: Cuscus orientalis, engraving or woodcut, fig. 59, attributed Zoological Society 2. Proof: Dactylopsila trivirigata (striped possum); sheet stamped on the back "Richard Clay & Sons, Limited. Bread Street Hill E.C. 27 Nov. 1899"; engraving or woodcut, fig. 60, attributed Semon 3. Proof: Distoechurus pinnatus ( feather-tailed possum) engraving or woodcut, fig. 61, attributed Semon 4. Proof: Tree Kangaroo and New Guinea Birds, engraving or woodcut, fig. 62, from A. R. Wallace's "Geographical Distribution of Animals" 5. Proof: King Charles' Bird of Paradise, Parotia Carolae, engraving or woodcut, fig. 63, attributed A B Meyer 6. Proof: Fern-bearing Bird of paradise, Pteridophora alberti, engraving or woodcut, fig. 64, attributed A B Meye 7. Proof: Rothschild's Bird of Paradise, Astrapia splendidissima, engraving or woodcut, fig. 65 attributed Sharpe 8. Proof: Prince Rupert's Bird of Paradise, Paradisornis rudolphi, engraving or woodcut, fig. 66 attributed Sharpe 9. Proof: Papuans, South-West New Guinea, photographic image showing 4 Papuan men on a rocky beach, three sitting and one standing, facing camera; annotations in lead and blue pencil include "68" and "67 not got proof"; fig. 68, attributed Admiral Maclear. 10. Proof: Papuan of New Hebrides, photographic image showing head and naked torso of a bearded Papuan man standing against a tree trunk looking to the viewer's left, fig. 69, unattributed. 11. Proof: Native of Api, New Hebrides, oval photographic image showing to the waist a short-haired beardless man in profile looking to the viewer's right, wearing a patterned shirt and seated in a wooden chair; "Toby" can be seen in white on the print. Fig. 70, undated (1874?) attributed Challenger expedition. 12.Photograph, sepia oval print on rectangular paper, showing to the waist a short-haired beardless man in profile looking to the viewer's right, wearing a patterned shirt and seated in a wooden chair; image approx 18 cm x 13.5 cm with "Gov. Copyt." and " 'Toby' Native of Api 295 J.H." in white letters on the bottom edge of the print; the "N" in "Native" is reversed. Undated (1874?); reproduced as Fig 70. 13. Proof: Natives of Timor, photographic image showing 3 young men wearing loose robes and head-dresses, two carrying long bamboo? pipes on which one is leaning his hands and chin; a building wall and barred window is behind them. Fig 71, "from a photograph" but undated and unattributed. 14. Photograph, faded sepia, approx. 9.5 cm x 12.5 cm mounted on slightly larger card, showing 3 young men wearing loose robes and head-dresses, two carrying long bamboo? pipes on which one is leaning his hands and chin; a building wall and barred window is behind them; annotated in pencil in A. R. Wallace's? hand "Natives of Timor | 8813 | scale | 1/1", cropping line in pencil on the left, numbered in pencil on the back "16514". Notes: A version of "New Guinea and its Inhabitants" was first published in "Contemporary Review", Feb 1879. Most proofs are very dirty with inky fingerprints; photograph of Timor natives is faded and mount dirty and foxed. |
