WCP6059

Letter (WCP6059.7009)

[1]

The Linnean Society of London

Burlington House,

Piccadilly, London, W.1.

3 December 1947.

W.G. Wallace, Esq.,1

61 East Avenue,

Bournemouth.

Dear Sir,

Many thanks for your letter dated 28th November 1947. Below I send you a formal acknowledgement of the receipt of the interesting Ms. and drawings.

I am directed to convey to you the thanks of THE LINNEAN SOCIETY OF LONDON for your present of the following publications,

Ms. Sketches of the Palms of the Amazon, with an account of their uses and distribution. By Alfred R. Wallace.2

4to3 (bound, vellum)

Drawings, — Drawing of a painted malocca at Caruru4.

8 Drawings of plants, etc.

20 leaves of miscellaneous drawings.

2 leaves of drawings of Orchids.

All by A. Russel Wallace.

which has/have been received and deposited in the Society's Library.

I am, | Yours faithfully, | S. Savage [signature] | Librarian and Assistant Secretary.

1
Wallace, William Greenell (1871-1951). Alfred Russel Wallace's son.
2
Wallace, Alfred Russel (1853). Palm Trees of the Amazon and their Uses, John Van Voorst, London.
3
'4to' is an abbreviation of Quarto. A word which describes the size of a book or pamphlet whose pages are made by folding a sheet of paper twice to form four leaves. Another abbreviation of Quarto is 4˚.
4
A maloca is an ancestral long house used by the natives of the Amazon, notably in Colombia and Brazil. Caruaru is a municipality in the eastern Brazilian state of Pernambuco. (Caruru is a Brazilian condiment).

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Transcription checked by Benny, Ruth [2015-07-03] Transcribed by O'Dell, Sandra [2018-08-15] Transcription checked by Sherwood, Danni [2020-08-10]

Please cite as “WCP6059,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 6 May 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP6059