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1866ref. 5323DB1866. 4. Auflage 8. Tsd. mit Ergänzungen und Korrekturen. London John Murray 1866. 8°. XXI S. 593 S. Mit gefalterter Tafel Diagramm 32 S. Verlagsanzeigen. Orig.-Leinenband. Freeman 385. Vierte Ausgabe «with additions and corrections eighth thousand». Gegenüber der vorangegangenen Ausgabe von Darwin erneut umfangreich überarbeitet und erweitert. Die Auflage umfasste lediglich 1500 Exemplare. In dieser Ausgabe wurde zudem das auf der Rückseite des Vortitels angegebene Erscheinungsdatum der Erstausgabe von «October 1st» auf das korrekte Datum «November 24th» berichtigt. Mit Besitzerstempel auf dem vorderen Vorsatz «Wm Krahnstover Baden-Baden». Das Papier minim stockfleckig. Die Bindung gelockert. Der Einband berieben. unknown
1890ref. 126612c. 1890. Highly unusual Darwinian polyptych Striking and handsomely presented photographic polyptych of major British figures of the late 19th century a number having a strong association with Charles Darwin or his "bulldog" T. H. Huxley including Frederick Temple archbishop of Canterbury Sir John Lubbock and Huxley himself. Top row: 1 Queen Victoria 1819-1901: this fine portrait was taken by the studio of William Ernest Downey described by a contemporary as "the doyen of British professional photographers". He first photographed Victoria in the early 1860s; "royal patronage undoubtedly assisted the firm which grew to be one of the premier society photographers of the late nineteenth century" Encyclopaedia of Nineteenth-Century Photography vol. I p. 436; 2 Frederick Temple 1821-1902 archbishop of Canterbury: Temple welcomed the insights that Darwin's theory of evolution offered to religion and in an essay entitled "Religion and the Doctrine of Evolution" published in The Popular Science Monthly December 1884 declared that "the doctrine of Evolution restores to the science of Nature the unity which we should expect in the creation of God"; 3 Sir Wilfrid Lawson second baronet 1829-1906 politician and temperance campaigner; 4 Ernst Haeckel 1834-1919 zoologist Darwin's leading popularizer in Germany; 5 Sir John Lubbock 1834-1913: "was the closest of CD's younger friends and frequent visitor to Down House from childhood. Lubbock suggested Westminster Abbey funeral for CD and organized letter to the Dean; served as a Pall Bearer" Freeman; 6 Frederic Farrar 1831-1903 dean of Canterbury novelist and philologist: "in 1860 he published An Essay on the Origin of Language. This work emphasizing the onomatopoeic force of primitive language and its evolutionary development interested Tennyson and intrigued Darwin who made use of it in The Descent of Man and proposed Farrar for a fellowship of the Royal Society in 1866. Years later Farrar controversially arranged for Darwin to be buried in Westminster Abbey and preached the funeral sermon" ODNB; he too was also a pall bearer at the funeral. Bottom row: 7 John Ruskin 1819-1900 "one of the great thinkers and critics of the Victorian period" NPG: "1879 CD met and made friends with in the Lake District; visited his home Brantwood Coniston" Freeman; 8 Sir Frederick Leighton 1830-1896 painter and president of the Royal Academy. Leighton and T. H. Huxley sat together on the Provisional Council of the National Trust in July 1894; 9 William Ewart and Catherine Gladstone 1809-1898 "the grand old man of British politics; leader of the Liberal Party and prime minister in four governments from 1848 to 1894" National Portrait Gallery: "1876 visited Down House Darwin's Kent home in company with Huxley. 1877-79 CD corresponded with mostly on behaviour" Freeman; 10 Lord Salisbury 1830-1903 prime minister on three separate occasions between 1885 and 1902 married to Georgina Alderson who "was on 'Personal Friends invited' list for CD's funeral" Freeman and a cousin of Darwin's wife Emma; 11 T. H. Huxley 1825-1895 known as "Darwin's Bulldog" was "a key figure in Victorian scientific life. A vigorous supporter of Darwin's theory of evolution particularly during the famous 1860 Oxford debate with Samuel Wilberforce Bishop of Oxford" NPG; 12 William Booth 1829-1912 founder of the Salvation Army. Following the publication of In Darkest England and the Way Out 1890 - "a classic in the literature of poverty" ODNB - Booth was attacked by T. H. Huxley: "In the winter of 1890-91 the 'bulldog' spirit in Huxley was briefly sidetracked into tangling in The Times with what he felt was the dangerously authoritarian structure and financially irresponsible governance of General William Booth's Salvation Army" J. Vernon Jensen Thomas Henry Huxley: Communicating for Science 1991 p. 122. Folding red grain skiver arch-top display case 360 X 135 mm unfolding to 855 mm wide each window glazed and with a gilt border liner of dark blue silk embossed with a foliate pattern. 12 original cabinet card photographs by various studios Barraud Bassano W. & D. Downey Elliott & Fry London Stereoscopic Company John Moffat of Edinburgh James Russell & Sons; all measuring approximately 140 x 105 mm 5 1/2 x 4 inches some trimmed to fit frame. A few light abrasions to case glass missing from portrait of Booth otherwise in particularly nice condition. Freeman Charles Darwin: A Companion. unknown
ref. 113167London John Murray 1862. . First edition first impression first issue; 8vo in twelves; folding plate woodcuts within the text 32-page publisher's ads dated December 1861 to rear Edmonds & Remnants binder's ticket to rear pastedown bookplate contents partially unopened a few stray spots and tiny marks but overall contents clean; housed in a modern slipcase original plum cloth rebacked with the original spine laid down with some loss from the ends titles to spine and orchid to upper board gilt decorative design to boards blocked in blind coated endpapers corners restored some loss of size from cloth very good condition; 365pp. First edition first issue of this important contribution to Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection. Freeman's variant a with vertically lined cloth and ads dated December 1861. Orchids 'was concerned with working out in detail the relationships between sexual structures of orchids and the insects which fertilise them their evolution being attributed to natural selection. It is therefore the first of the volumes of supporting evidence. It was much praised by botanists but sold only about 6000 copies before the turn of the century' Freeman The Works of Charles Darwin p. 112. Darwin wrote to his publisher John Murray in September 1861 that 'I think this little volume will do good to the Origin' Freeman. In his autobiography Darwin stated that though the preparation of Orchids had taken ten months 'most of the facts had been slowly accumulated during several previous years. During the summer of 1839 and I believe during the previous summer I was led to attend to the cross-fertilisation of flowers by the aid of insects from having come to the conclusion in my speculations on the origin of species that crossing played an important part in keeping specific forms constant. I attended to the subject more or less during every subsequent summer. For some years before 1862 I had specially attended to the fertilisation of our British orchids; and it seemed to me the best plan to prepare as complete a treatise on this group of plants as well as I could rather than to utilise the great mass of matter which I had slowly collected with respect to other plants. My resolve proved a wise one; for since the appearance of my book a surprising number of papers and separate works on the fertilisation of all kinds of flowers have appeared; and these are far better done than I could possibly have effected'. Freeman The Works of Charles Darwin 800. London, John Murray, 1862. hardcover
ref. 47354by means of natural selection or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life. London : John Murray 1872. Sixth edition with additions and corrections eleventh thousand. Octavo modern full crushed blue Morocco with gilt ornamental edging spine in compartments with raised bands lettered and tooled in gilt gilt dentelles marbled endpapers pp xxi blank 458 folding lithographed plate; light scattered foxing a very presentable copy. The first printing of the sixth edition - the final authoritative edition of one of the most important texts in the history of science. The first edition of 1859 a great rarity is described in Freeman as "". the most important biological work ever written.""; Dibner "". the most important single work in science.""; Printing & the Mind of Man "". revolutionized our methods of thinking and our outlook on the natural order of things. The recognition that constant change is the order of the universe had been finally established and a vast step forward in the uniformity of nature had been taken"". The sixth edition extensively rewritten by Darwin removed the word 'On' from the title 'On the origin of species' and includes rebuttal of Roman Catholic biologist St. George Mivart's theological arguments in his 1871 text On the Genesis of Species. Printed in a run of 3000 copies it is significant for including the use of the word 'evolution' for the first time in furtherance of Darwin's argument for natural selection. It is the last edition published in Darwin's lifetime and includes extensive revisions and rewriting by the author. The sixth edition includes all Darwin's revisions since On the origin of species was first released in 1859 and is considered the definitive text for what many consider to be the most significant scientific book ever published. The first printing of the sixth edition ie: Eleventh thousand is bibliographically and scientifically significant and is notably scarce in the market. All later imprints are in essence reprints of this edition. Freeman 391 Â hardcover
1920ref. feb01071920 - 1936. First Chinese Edition of On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life in 4 Volumes by Charles Darwin å¥ å®šç”Ÿç‰©è¿›åŒ–ç†è®ºåŸºç¡€çš„é‡è¦è‘—作。 Used book For more details and availability please contact me Zhonghua Book Company paperback
1864ref. feb026811864. First Italian Edition - On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life by Charles Darwin. Sull'origine delle specie per elezione naturale ovvero conservazione delle razze perfezionate nella lotta per l'esistenza by Charles Darwin Used book For more details and availability please contact me Modena hardcover
ref. 100797New York: D. Appleton and Co. 1860. 12mo. 432 pp. First Revised American Edition. Third Issue with three quotations to verso of half title page. Original tan cloth binding. Cloth uniformly faded with fraying to head and heel corners worn through. Owner signature and small plate to ffep. Light foxing throughout heavier towards endpapers. Fold-out pp. 108-109. Overall quite good. AP LEC . unknown
1862ref. 16360London: John Murray 1862. FIRST EDITION. Text illustrations. Original plum cloth with an orchid in gilt on front cover. Covers and spine worn spine a bit shabby chipped at foot. Interior is excellent with a modern presentation signature on front flyleaf. First edition of Darwin's primary work on plant fertilization. Detailing the relationship between the sexual structure of orchids and the insects that fertilize them this was the first of three volumes that followed the publication of the Origin which contained supporting evidence for the author's theory of natural selection. Darwin concludes that plants are equal to animals in the marvels of their adaptation; for example he observes that wind-pollinated flowers have no colours; it is only those insect-pollinated varieties that have bright coloured petals and sweet smelling nectars. John Murray unknown
ref. 100797New York: D. Appleton and Co. 1860. 12mo. 432 pp. First Revised American Edition. Third Issue with three quotations to verso of half title page. Original tan cloth binding. Cloth uniformly faded with fraying to head and heel corners worn through. Owner signature and small plate to ffep. Light foxing throughout heavier towards endpapers. Fold-out pp. 108-109. Overall quite good. AP LEC . unknown books
1862ref. 16360London: John Murray 1862. FIRST EDITION. Text illustrations. Original plum cloth with an orchid in gilt on front cover. Covers and spine worn spine a bit shabby chipped at foot. Interior is excellent with a modern presentation signature on front flyleaf. First edition of Darwin's primary work on plant fertilization. Detailing the relationship between the sexual structure of orchids and the insects that fertilize them this was the first of three volumes that followed the publication of the Origin which contained supporting evidence for the author's theory of natural selection. Darwin concludes that plants are equal to animals in the marvels of their adaptation; for example he observes that wind-pollinated flowers have no colours; it is only those insect-pollinated varieties that have bright coloured petals and sweet smelling nectars. John Murray unknown books
1885ref. 62338Madrid, Administracion de la Revista de medicina y cirugia practicas, 1885. 8vo. In contemporary red half calf with gilt lettering to spine. Light wear to extremities, cloth-boards with repairs. Inner hinges split. Bookbinder-stamp to front free end-paper. Internally very fine and clean. VIII, 725 pp.
1914ref. 61622Praze [Prague], Nákladem Autorovým, 1914. 8vo. In the original red binding with black lettering to spine and front board. Light wear to extremities, inner fronthinge pleit, Internally nice and clean. 389, (1) pp. + 1 folded plate.
1905ref. 55802Tokyo, Tokyo Kaiseikan, Meiji 38 [1905]. 8vo. In the original full bloth cloth with gilt letteing (in both Japanese and Latin characters). Light occassional brownspotting, otherwise a fine copy. 4, 894, 28, 12 pp. + frontispiece and folded plate with genealogical tree.
1885ref. 62338Madrid Administracion de la Revista de medicina y cirugia practicas 1885. 8vo. In contemporary red half calf with gilt lettering to spine. Light wear to extremities cloth-boards with repairs. Inner hinges split. Bookbinder-stamp to front free end-paper. Internally very fine and clean. VIII 725 pp. A landmark in the history of Darwinism in the Spanish-speaking world this 1885 Madrid edition is the first full Spanish translation of “The Descent of Man” and without question the most important Spanish edition of Darwin’s major work on human evolution. “Segunda edición revisada y aumentada” stated on the title-page strictly refers to the fact that this phrase is translated directly from the title-page of the second edition of Darwin’s “The Descent of Man Second Edition Revised and Augmented”. A earlier partial translation Barcelona 1876 was made however only the seven chapters of Part I was translated none of Darwin's footnotes are translated or mentioned and none of the illustrations are reproduced here. The translator states in his "Preface" that he is indeed summarizing much and that his intention is to give a most complete extract of Darwin's main works in one single volume. And since it's necessary to be familiar with "The Origin of Species" he believes that a good way of explaining the basics is to translate a few pages from Ernst Haeckel which occupies pp. ix to xi of said preface. He doesn't specify the source but it seems to be a translation of Haeckel's The History of Creation chapter VII paragraphs 153-161. This present edition edition is unabridged translating the full content of both volumes including Darwin’s detailed exposition on sexual selection racial theory and moral evolution accurately annotated preserving Darwin’s own footnotes and incorporating his illustrations unlike any prior Spanish attempt and being scientifically rigorous following the English second edition directly without filtering through French intermediaries or secondary paraphrases and without reference to earlier Spanish partial versions. This 1885 edition of "La descendencia del hombre" represents a key moment in the Spanish reception of Darwin’s ideas. As the first complete and direct translation of "The Descent of Man" it provided Spanish readers with full access to Darwin’s arguments on human evolution including material previously unavailable in earlier partial versions. Its continued use well into the 20th and even 21st century underscores its bibliographic importance and lasting influence - a major Spanish publisher reused this 1885 translation as late as 2019. In Darwinian thought in the Spanish-speaking world it remains a significant and foundational edition. Freeman 1122c Blanco & Llorca 124 hardcover
1914ref. 61622Praze Prague Nákladem Autorovým 1914. 8vo. In the original red binding with black lettering to spine and front board. Light wear to extremities inner fronthinge pleit Internally nice and clean. 389 1 pp. 1 folded plate. The rare first Czech translation of Darwin's landmark "Origin of Species" which predates the Latvian Armenian Ukrainian Bulgarian Romanian and Slovenian translations by several years. Freeman 641 unknown
1905ref. 55802Tokyo Tokyo Kaiseikan Meiji 38 1905. 8vo. In the original full bloth cloth with gilt letteing in both Japanese and Latin characters. Light occassional brownspotting otherwise a fine copy. 4 894 28 12 pp. frontispiece and folded plate with genealogical tree. Rare second translation and arguably the most important of the Japanese translation of Darwin's "Origin of Species" the first being from 1896 and only published once. This is the first translation to be made by a professional biologist. The previous translation "Seibutsu Shigen" was made by a law student which presumably was a contributing factor to the fact that the work primarily was embraced by social thinkers philosophers and politicians to advocate the superiority of Japanese culture and society and military and not by biologist and zoologist. With the present translation Darwin's ideas and theories were finally properly introduced to the people they were intended for: biologist and zoologist. The popularity of Darwin's works and theories became immensly popular in Japan: "Curiously there are more versions of "The Origin" in Japanese than in any other language. The earliest were literary with subsequent translations becoming more scientific as the Japanese developed a technical language for biology." Glick The Comparatice Reception of Darwinism P. XXII."It was as if Darwin's famous oceanic journey and the meticulous research into the animal and plant kingdoms that he spent his life undertaking had all been staged as an elaborate excuse for composing a theory whose true object was Victorian society and the fate of the world's modern nations." Golley Darwinism in Japan: The Birth of Ecology.Darwin's work had in Japan - as in the rest of the world - profound influence on the academic disciplines of zoology and biology however in Japan the most immediate influence was not on these subjects but on social thinkers: ". it exerted great influence on Japanese social thinkers and social activists. After learning of Darwin's theory Hiroyuki Kato the first president of Tokyo Imperial University published his New Theory of Human Rights and advocated social evolution theory social Darwinism emphasizing the inevitable struggle for existence in human society. He criticized the burgeoning Freedom and People's right movement. Conversely Siusui Kautoku a socialist and Japanese translator of the Communist Manifesto wrote articles on Darwinism such as "Darwin and Marx" 1904. In this and other articles he criticized kato's theory on Social Darwinism insisting that Darwinism does not contradict socialism. The well known anarchist Sakae Osugi published the third translation of On the Origin of Species in 1914 and later his translation of peter Kropotokin's Mutial Aid: A Factor of Evolution. Osugi spread the idea of mutual aid as the philosophical base of Anarcho-syndicalism." Tsuyoshi The Japanese Lysenkoism and its Historical Backgrounds p. 9 "Charles Darwin's theory of evolution was introduced to Japan in 1877 Morse 1936/1877 during Japan's push to gain military modernity through study of western sciences and technologies and the culture from which they had arisen. In the ensuing decades the theory of evolution was applied as a kind of social scientific tool i.e. social Spencerism or social Darwinism Sakura 1998:341; Unoura 1999. Sakura 1998 suggests that the theory of evolution did not have much biological application in Japan. Instead Japanese applied the idea of 'the survival of the fittest' which was a misreading of Darwin's natural selection theory to society and to individuals in the struggle for existence in Japan's new international circumstances see also Gluck 1985: 13 265.However at least by the second decade of the 1900s and by the time that Imanishi Kinji entered the Kyoto Imperial University the curricula in the natural and earth sciences were largely based on German language sources and later on English language texts. These exposed students to something very different from a social Darwinist approach in these sciences. New sources that allow us to follow" ASQUITH Sources for Imanishi Kinji's views of sociality and evolutionary outcomes p. 1."After 1895 the year of China's defeat in the Sino-Japanese War Spencer's slogan "the survival of the fittest" entered Chinese and Japanese writings as "the superior win the inferior lose." Concerned with evolutionary theory in terms of the survival of China rather than the origin of species Chinese intellectuals saw the issue as a complex problem involving the evolution of institutions ideas and attitudes. Indeed they concluded that the secret source of Western power and the rise of Japan was their mutual belief in modern science and the theory of evolutionary progress. According to Japanese scholars traditional Japanese culture was not congenial to Weastern science because the Japanese view of the relationship between the human world and the divine world was totally different from that of Western philosophers. Japanese philosophers envisioned a harmonious relationship between heaven and earth rather than conflict. Traditionally nature was something to be seen through the eyes of a poet rather than as the passive object of scientific investigations. The traditional Japanese vision of harmony in nature might have been uncongenial to a theory based on natural selection but Darwinism was eagerly adopted by Japanese thinkers who saw it as a scientific retionalization for Japan's intense efforts to become a modernized military and industial power. Whereas European and American scientists and theologians became embroiled in disputes about the evolutionary relationship between humans and other animals Japanese debates about the meaning of Darwinism primarily dealt with the national and international implications of natural selection and the struggle for survival. Late nineteenth-century Japanese commentators were likely to refer to Darwinism as an "eternal and unchangeable natural law" that justified militaristic nationalism directed by supposedly superior elites". Magner A History of the Life Sciences Revised and Expanded p. 349"Between 1877 and 1888 only four works on the subject of biological evolution were published in Japan. During these same eleven years by contrast at least twenty Japanese translations of Herbert Spencer's loosely "Darwinian" social theories made their appearance. The social sciences dominated the subject and when Darwin's original The Origin of Species Seibutsu shigen finally appeared in translation in 1896 it was published by a press specializing in economics. It is not surprising then that by the early 20th century when Darwin's work began to make an impact as a biological rather than a "social" theory the terms "evolution" shinka "the struggle for existence" seizon kyôsô and "survival of the fittest" tekisha seizon had been indelibly marked as social and political principles. It was as if Darwin's famous oceanic journey and the meticulous research into the animal and plant kingdoms that he spent his life undertaking had all been staged as an elaborate excuse for composing a theory whose true object was Victorian society and the fate of the world's modern nations." Golley Darwinism in Japan: The Birth of Ecology.Freeman 719 hardcover
1875ref. 182454London: John Murray 1875. A meticulous study of botanical evolution First edition first issue in particularly fresh condition. Darwin consulted leading physiologists and chemists in this experimental work to show that carnivorous plants adapted to trap and digest insects enabling them to survive in poor soil. Two of the woodcuts figures 7 and 8 are after drawings by Darwin himself while several are after drawings by his sons George and Francis. Darwin started researching insectivorous plants in 1860 after observing a sundew while resting in Sussex. "During subsequent years whenever I had leisure I pursued my experiments and my book on 'Insectivorous Plants' was published in July 1875 - that is sixteen years after my first observations. The delay in this case as with all my other books has been a great advantage to me; for a man after a long interval can criticize his own work almost as well as if it were that of another person. The fact that a plant should secrete when properly excited a fluid containing an acid and ferment closely analogous to the digestive fluid of an animal was certainly a remarkable discovery" van Wyhe. The finished book discussed the whole range of such plants their adaptations and evolutionary relationships and their specialized digestive processes. Octavo. Woodcuts in text. Original green cloth spine lettered and decorated in gilt covers panelled in blind brown coated endpapers. Bookplate of Henry Wade Deacon 1852-1932 son of chemist and industrialist Henry Deacon; contemporary bookseller's ticket of G. G. Walmsley Liverpool to front pastedown. Cloth bright and unmarked extremities lightly rubbed rear inner hinge starting but holding firm majority of gatherings unopened endleaves foxed: a near-fine copy. Freeman 1217; Norman 601. John van Wyhe "Insectivorous Plants" Darwin Online. hardcover
1860ref. 48456London: John Murray 1860. Second edition second issue fifth thousand 8vo x 502 pp bound without the advertisements. Folding table leaf N2 pp. 267/8 with some marginal loss and old tape repairs. Modern green half calf marbled sides and endpapers. Freeman 376. First published the previous year. The first issue of the second edition also appeared in 1859; but for the the mention of "fifth thousand" on the title page the two issues are identical. London: John Murray unknown
1868ref. 174003London: John Murray 1868. Darwin's earliest use of the phrase "survival of the fittest" First edition first issue of the first of Darwin's works to use the famous evolutionary phrase preceding its appearance in the fifth edition of the Origin of Species by a year. Variation provides a full statement of the facts on which the theories of Origin were based. "Survival of the fittest" was coined by the philosopher and sociologist Herbert Spencer on reading Origin. In the introduction to Variation Darwin notes: "This preservation during the battle for life of varieties which possess any advantage in structure constitution or instinct I have called Natural Selection; and Mr. Herbert Spencer has well expressed the same idea by the Survival of the Fittest" p. 6. Variation represents the first section of Darwin's projected 'big book' on the origin of species of which the Origin itself was an abstract. Ultimately Variation would be the only section of the 'big book' published during his lifetime. It was "intended to provide overwhelming evidence for the ubiquity of variation although it would also incidentally answer Lyell and Gray who maintained that variations had not occurred purely by chance but were providentially directed. Darwin showed that breeders indeed selected from a vast array of minute random variations" ODNB. "He gave numerous instances of the causes of variability including the direct effect of the conditions of life reversion the effects of use and disuse saltation prepotency and correlated growth. Variation also addressed a key criticism of Origin: that it lacked an adequate understanding of inheritance" ibid. This is the only Darwin title published by Murray to appear in the larger format of demy octavo. The first issue was published in a run of 1500 copies for which this copy has all the relevant points: five errata in Volume I nine errata on seven lines in Volume II and the spine imprint on one line. The second issue with substantial textual variations was published in a run of 1250 copies in February and is distinguished by a single erratum in Volume I no errata in Volume II and a two-line imprint on the spine. 2 vols demy octavo. With 43 woodcuts in text. Vol. I with 32 pp. of publisher's advertisements dated April 1867 Vol. II with 2 pp. of advertisements dated February 1868. Original green cloth spines ruled and lettered in gilt covers panelled in blind dark green coated endpapers binder's ticket of Edmonds & Remnants to rear pastedown of Vol. I. Light bumping and wear minor cracks to inner hinges slight splitting between gatherings U & X Vol. I otherwise the book blocks tight and firm short closed tear to leaves F4 Vol. I and N4 Vol. II light browning to margins of Vol. I: a very good copy. Freeman 877; Garrison-Morton 224.1; Norman 597. hardcover
1860ref. 5723New York: D. Appleton and Company 1860. First American Edition First Printing First Issue. First American edition first printing first issue with only two reviews facing the title page. Measuring approximately 8" x 5.25" with 432 numbered pages. This book is in good plus condition. Moderate surface wear with some cloth loss at the spine ends. Some fading to the gilt lettering on the spine. Moderate foxing to the edges of the textblock. Interior pages lightly foxed. Top of the half-title and title pages neatly trimmed by a previous owner likely to remove previous owner's name. Front endpaper nearly detached. "On the Origin of Species" is considered to be the foundation of evolutionary biology. Darwin's book introduced the scientific theory that populations evolve over the course of generations through a process of natural selection. The book presented a body of evidence that the diversity of life arose by common descent through a branching pattern of evolution. Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Inventory #O2-74. D. Appleton and Company unknown
1882ref. 451781882. Darwin Charles 1809-82. Funeral of Mr. Darwin. Westminster Abbey Wednesday April 26th 1882 at 12 o'clock precisely . . . G. G. Bradley Dean. Printed card black-bordered with the Dean's seal in black wax in the left margin and the letters "C. H." in red ink on either side of the seal. N.p. 1882. 92 x 122 mm. Fine. Darwin had died at Down House on 19 April 1882 expecting to be buried in the local churchyard. His fame and reputation were such however that Huxley Galton and others felt it would be appropriate to have him buried at Westminster Abbey one of the highest honors that can be bestowed on a British citizen. As Desmond and Moore put it "getting a freethinker into the Abbey was not easy" Darwin p. 666. But Huxley stepped in supported in Parliament by Darwin's neighbor Sir John Lubbock and by a press campaign led by The Standard. The Reverend George Granville Bradley Dean of Westminster Abbey was happy to acquiesce. The Chapter House to which our card allows admission is where those who were to follow the coffin into the Abbey assembled: "On that grey day committees adjourned judges put on mourning dress and Parliament emptied as members trooped across the road. From embassies scientific societies and countless ordinary homes they came. Under leaden skies they converged on the Abbey anticipating the awe and spectacle of a state occasion. In the Chapter House where Parliament had once met the elders of science State and Church the nobility of birth and talent stood waiting to file though the cloisters behind the coffin. They were "the greatest gathering of intellect that was ever brought together in our country" said one' Desmond and Moore p. 672. Darwin was laid to rest beneath the monument to Newton at the north end of the choir screen. . unknown
1882ref. 451781882. Darwin Charles 1809-82. Funeral of Mr. Darwin. Westminster Abbey Wednesday April 26th 1882 at 12 o'clock precisely . . . G. G. Bradley Dean. Printed card black-bordered with the Dean's seal in black wax in the left margin and the letters "C. H." in red ink on either side of the seal. N.p. 1882. 92 x 122 mm. Fine. Darwin had died at Down House on 19 April 1882 expecting to be buried in the local churchyard. His fame and reputation were such however that Huxley Galton and others felt it would be appropriate to have him buried at Westminster Abbey one of the highest honors that can be bestowed on a British citizen. As Desmond and Moore put it "getting a freethinker into the Abbey was not easy" Darwin p. 666. But Huxley stepped in supported in Parliament by Darwin's neighbor Sir John Lubbock and by a press campaign led by The Standard. The Reverend George Granville Bradley Dean of Westminster Abbey was happy to acquiesce. The Chapter House to which our card allows admission is where those who were to follow the coffin into the Abbey assembled: "On that grey day committees adjourned judges put on mourning dress and Parliament emptied as members trooped across the road. From embassies scientific societies and countless ordinary homes they came. Under leaden skies they converged on the Abbey anticipating the awe and spectacle of a state occasion. In the Chapter House where Parliament had once met the elders of science State and Church the nobility of birth and talent stood waiting to file though the cloisters behind the coffin. They were "the greatest gathering of intellect that was ever brought together in our country" said one' Desmond and Moore p. 672. Darwin was laid to rest beneath the monument to Newton at the north end of the choir screen. . unknown books
1862ref. 50871Paris, Guillaumin et Cie, Victor Masson et Fils, 1862. 8vo. Bound uncut and with the original printed front wrapper (expertly restored) in a very fine later half morocco binding with four raised bands and gilt title to spine. Very light minor brownspotting to a few pages. An exceptionally nice, clean, and attractive copy. LXIV (incl. half-title), I-XXIII + (24-) 712. pp. and 1 folded plate (between pp.160 a. 161). Fully complete.
1936ref. 62681(Kharkiv), Derzhavne medychne vyd-vo (State Medical Publishing House), 1936. 8vo. In publisher's original grey cloth binding with black lettering to spine with Darwin's portrait embossed on front board. Wear to extremities, corner bumped and light spoling to back board. Inner hinges split and first 3 leaves partly detached. Last 20 ff. slighly creased due to dampstain, otherwise internally a nice and clean copy. 674 pp. + frontispiece, portrait of Darwin and 1 plate with genealogical tree.
1884ref. 56005Warszawa, Przegladu Tygodniowego, 1884. Large8vo. In contemporary half calf. Spine with wear, lacking the upper 1 cm. Small stamp to title-page. Hindges weak and back board detached from bookblock. Verso of title-page and first leaf on content. 437, (1), XVI [Including the plate] pp.
