Wallace Alfred Russel. Contributions To The Theory Of Natural Selection. London Macmillan 1870

Wallace Alfred Russel (1823 - 1913). Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection. A series of essays. London, Macmillan and Co. 1870.

First edition

Contemporary half-leather binding, spine with five raised bands and gilt titles. A naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist, biologist, and illustrator, Wallace is best known for having independently conceived the theory of evolution by natural selection; his essay on the subject was published jointly with some writings of Charles Darwin in 1858.

Ex Libris Henry Malthus. Son of Thomas Robert Malthus, an economist, philosopher, Protestant pastor, and English demographer, a forerunner of modern sociology.

8° (7,05x4,96in)

Private collection

Copy in excellent condition, with slightly bumped corners. Imperceptible restoration to the spine. Occasional spots. Pages slightly browned.