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Author: Wallace, Alfred Russel
Title: On the Zoological Geography of the Malay Archipelago. By Alfred R. Wallace... communicated by Charles Darwin
Place Published: London
Publisher:Longmans, Green, et al.
Date Published: 1860
Description: Pp. 172-184, in Journal of the proceedings of the Linnean Society. Vol. IV, no. 16, Feb. 10, 1860, Zoology. Whole issue offered, pp. 145-189. Also includes: "Catalogue of the dipterous insects collected at Makessar, in Celebes by A.R. Wallace, with descriptions of new species by Francis Walker." pp. 145-172. 22x14.2 cm (8¾x5½"), original printed wrappers.First printing of Wallace's first full description of the line dividing the Malay Archipelago into two zoological regions, the Indo-Malayan (Oriental) and the Australian. This latter became known as "Wallace's Line." This work was the fore-runner of Wallace's "Malay Archipelago" which was published in 1869.

Front wrapper with crease and short marginal tear; internally fine, unopened.