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Lot 271
[NATURAL HISTORY]. WALLACE, Alfred Russel. A group of 7 pamphlets, MOST FIRST EDITIONS. 

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$400 - 600
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[NATURAL HISTORY]. WALLACE, Alfred Russel (1823-1913). A group of 7 pamphlets, MOST FIRST EDITIONS, comprising:

"On the Physical Geography of the Malay Archipelago." Extracted from: The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London. London: Royal Geographical Society, 8 June 1863. Pp. 217-234. Folding map. Modern wrappers. -- The Action of Natural Selection of Man. New Haven, CT: Charles C. Chatfield & Co., 1871. FIRST EDITION. -- The Distribution of Life. Animal and Vegetable, in Space and Time. New York: J. Fitzgerald, 1885. FIRST EDITION. -- Vaccination A Delusion: Its Penal Enforcement a Crime. London: Swann Sonnenschen & Co., 1898. Folding tables at end. FIRST EDITION. -- A Summary of the Proofs that Vaccination Does Not Prevent Small-Pox but Really Increases It. London: Miller, Son, & Co. for the National Anti-Vaccination League, 1904. FIRST EDITION. -- The Remedy for Unemployment. London: The Clarion Press, 1909. FIRST EDITION. -- A Summary of the Proofs that Vaccination Does Not Prevent Small-Pox but Really Increases It. London: Rose & Harris for the National Anti-Vaccination League, 1910. Second edition.

Together, 7 works in 7 volumes, all 8vo, all but one in original printed wrappers, condition generally good. INCLUDES ANTI-VACCINATION MATERIAL by the renowned naturalist. Wallace was an outspoken critic of vaccines, opposing compulsory vaccination against smallpox, arguing that it was not only ineffective but also dangerous. Wallace believed the decline in smallpox cases was due more to improved sanitation and living conditions than to vaccination. His stance was influenced by his distrust of the medical establishment and a broader skepticism of medical interventions that lacked what he saw as solid empirical backing. RARE: We do not locate auction records for most of these pamphlets from the past century.

Property from the Estate of Peter Fortsas
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