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SPRUCE, Richard (1817-1893). Notes of a Botanist on the Amazon & Andes… Edited by Alfred Russell Wallace. London: Macmillan and Co., 1908.
2 volumes, 8vo. Photogravure portrait frontispiece, numerous illustrations after photographs, maps (several folding). Original green cloth, gilt-lettered spine, top edges gilt (spines gently sunned, some light wear at ends); slipcase.
FIRST EDITION of the collected botanical papers of Spruce who was the first professional botanist to explore South America, virtually opening the Amazon to scientific study. Includes a chapter on indigenous narcotics and stimulants. Borba de Moraes I:830; Palau 321749. A Horowitz high spot.