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1871réf. feb027331871. First Swedish 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. Om Arternas Uppkomst genom naturligt Urval eller de bäst utrustade rasernas Bestånd i Kampen för Tillvaron. Used book For more details and availability please contact me L.J. Hiertas hardcover
réf. lom-MS000910In English. Short description: A GOLFER'S GALLERY BY OLD MASTERS. Bernard DARWIN London Country Life circa 1920 First edition. Album with 18 rare illustrations related to golf from the 16th century up to 19. The foreword was written by Charles Darwin's grandson the famous golfer Bernard Darwin. Please feel free to contact us for a detailed description of the copies available. SKUMS000910 unknown
réf. lom-MS000910In English. Short description: A GOLFER'S GALLERY BY OLD MASTERS. Bernard DARWIN, London, Country Life, circa 1920 First edition. Album with 18 rare illustrations related to golf, from the 16th century up to 19. The foreword was written by Charles Darwin's grandson, the famous golfer Bernard Darwin. Please feel free to contact us for a detailed description of the copies available. SKUMS000910
1876réf. 1701Barcelona: Imprenta de la Renaixensa 1876. First Spanish edition. In contemporary half leather. Marbled endpapers. Spine with small damage to the head wormholes at joints. Corners slightly bumped. Pages yellowed due to aging. Last pages with wormholes. Overall in very good condition. First Spanish edition. In contemporary half leather. Marbled endpapers. XI 2 14–322 2 p. First Spanish edition of Charles Darwin’s 1871 groundbreaking book on human evolution and the sexual selection “The Descent of Man”. Imprenta de la Renaixensa unknown
1862réf. 55642Paris, Guillaumin et Cie, Victor Masson et Fils, 1862. 8vo. Bound partly uncut with the original wrappers in a very nice later full calf pastiche binding with four raised band and richly gilt spine. Gilt boarders to boards. Small repair to upper right corner of title-page, not affecting text. An exceptionally fine and clean copy. LXIV (incl. half-title), I-XXIII + (24-) 712. pp. and 1 folded plate (between pp.160 a. 161).
1862réf. 55642Paris Guillaumin et Cie Victor Masson et Fils 1862. 8vo. Bound partly uncut with the original wrappers in a very nice later full calf pastiche binding with four raised band and richly gilt spine. Gilt boarders to boards. Small repair to upper right corner of title-page not affecting text. An exceptionally fine and clean copy. LXIV incl. half-title I-XXIII 24- 712. pp. and 1 folded plate between pp.160 a. 161. The scarce first edition of the controversial first French translation - bound partly uncut and with the original wrappers - of Darwin's masterpiece one of the most important books ever printed. This famed translation - done by self-taught female scholar - ended up causing quite a stir and adding to the theory of evolution some for Darwin quite unforeseen interpretations. Because of this the translator Clémence Royer gained notoriety as one of the leading eugenicists of the time. Darwin was very eager to have his work published in French. It is not known exactly how he happened on Royer as the translator but as she was familiar with the works of Lamarck and Malthus immediately realized the importance of Darwin's work and also had close connections to the French publisher Guillaumin she must have seemed perfect for the job. She had a naturalist help her with the biologically technical parts and made an excellent job of the translation. There was one big problem however - she went well beyond her role as a translator and added a 60-page preface and numerous explanatory footnotes that Darwin had not seen before publication. In the preface she challenged the belief in religious revelation she discussed the application of natural selection to the human race and she presented a pure eugenic theory explaining the negative consequences of protecting the weak and the infirm. She also promoted her concept of progressive evolution which had more in common with the ideas of Lamarck than with those of Darwin. Right after having seen the translation Darwin wrote in a letter to the American botanist Asa Gray: "I received 2 or 3 days ago a French translation of the Origin by a Madelle. Royer who must be one of the cleverest & oddest women in Europe: is ardent deist & hates Christianity & declares that natural selection & the struggle for life will explain all morality nature of man politicks &c &c!!!. She makes some very curious & good hits & says she shall publish a book on these subjects & a strange production it will be."After some reflection however Darwin began having more serious doubts and about a month later he wrote to the French zoologist Armand de Quatrefages: "I wish the translator had known more of Natural History; she must be a clever but singular lady; but I never heard of her till she proposed to translate my book." He had now also read the footnotes and wrote to Joseph Hooker: "Almost everywhere in Origin when I express great doubt she appends a note explaining the difficulty or saying that there is none whatever!! It is really curious to know what conceited people there are in the world."Freeman No 655 Freeman does not mention the plate which is present here. hardcover
1896réf. 177013New York: D. Appleton and Company 1896-97. The first collected edition The Authorized edition uncommon complete with the publisher's half morocco bindings in bright and attractive condition. The American publisher Appleton made the first serious attempt towards a uniform collection an idea that was most comprehensively achieved nine decades later under the imprint "The Pickering Masters" 1986-9. There was no collected edition published during Darwin's lifetime. Together 12 works in 15 vols octavo. Illustrated with photographic halftone plates folding maps line drawings and diagrams. Original red half morocco spines lettered in gilt marbled sides top edges gilt other edges uncut some leaves unopened. Bookseller's ticket on rear pastedowns. Bindings bright the spines near-uniformly red faint splash mark to a few top edges affecting outer leaves clean overall trivial stub tear to a couple of folding maps. A near-fine set. unknown
1871réf. 69501London: John Murray 1871. Full Description: DARWIN Charles. The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex. With illustrations. London: John Murray 1871. First edition first issue with "transmitted" appearing as the first word on p. 297 of Volume I with printer's imprint on the verso of the half-title of Volume II and with twenty-five errata seventeen for Volume I and eight for Volume II on the verso of the title leaf to Volume II and with the leaf pp. ix-x containing Darwin's note on "a serious and unfortunate error" tipped in leaf after p. viii in Volume II. Two small octavo volumes 7 1/2 x 4 15/16 inches; 191 x 126 mm Volume II is 5 mm shorter than volume I. viii 423 1 printer's imprint 16 publisher's ads; viiiix-x "Postscript" 475 1 printer's imprint 16 publisher's ads pp. The 16 pages of publisher's advertisements at the end of each volume are both dated January 1871 . Wood-engraved text illustrations. Original green cloth with covers stamped in blind and spines stamped and lettered in gilt. Black-coated endpapers. Head and tail of spines with some minor shelf-wear. Corners slightly bumped. Some very light rubbing to board edges. Some minor bubbling to cloth of front board of volume II. Front inner hinge of volume I with a mostly closed crack holding firm. Previous owner's armorial bookplate on front pastedown of volume II. Some minor pencil markings to volume I otherwise very clean inside. Overall an exceptional set. The first issue of 2500 copies was published on February 24 1871 and the second of 2000 copies in March. "The book in its first edition contains two parts the descent of man itself and selection in relation to sex. The word 'evolution' occurs for the first time in any of Darwin's works on page 2 of the first volume of the first edition that is to say before its appearance in the sixth edition of The Origin of Species in the following year. The last chapter is about sexual selection in relation to man and it ends with the famous peroration about man's lowly origin the wording of which differs slightly in the first edition from that which is usually quoted" Freeman p. 129. "In the Origin Darwin had avoided discussing the place occupied by Homo sapiens in the scheme of natural selection stating only that 'light will be thrown on the origin of man and his history.' Twelve years later he made good his promise with The descent of man in which he compared man's physical and psychological characteristics to similar traits in apes and other animals showing how even man's mind and moral sense could have developed through evolutionary processes. In discussing man's ancestry Darwin did not claim that man was directly descended from apes as we know them today but stated simply that the extinct ancestors of Homo sapiens would have to be classified among the primates; however this statement as misinterpreted by the popular press caused a furor second only to that raised by the Origin" Norman Library. This title created almost as much sensation as his Origin of Species. In it he elaborated further on his views adding sexual selection and using the word 'evolution' for the first time. Milestones of Science 48. Freeman Darwin 937. Garrison-Morton 170. Norman Library 599. HBS 69501. $5500. John Murray unknown
1860réf. 16363London: John Murray 1860. Third edition 1st printing 10th Thousand. With 14 text woodcuts. Original publisher’s cloth front cover a bit worn; interior very good. Second edition later issue tenth thousand with new preliminaries and a postscript at the end of the preface the final definitive text with extensive revisions from its first appearance of Darwin’s first published work which chronicles his historic five-year voyage on the Beagle to Brazil Argentina Tierra del Fuego Chile Peru the Galapagos Islands New Zealand Australia and other countries and islands along the way. This journey was the most important event in Darwin’s intellectual life. The appearance of this record was a turning point in the history of biological science and marked the beginnings of a whole new conception of the origin of the various species of life on earth. Freeman 20. John Murray unknown
1871réf. 69501London: John Murray 1871. Full Description: DARWIN Charles. The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex. With illustrations. London: John Murray 1871. First edition first issue with "transmitted" appearing as the first word on p. 297 of Volume I with printer's imprint on the verso of the half-title of Volume II and with twenty-five errata seventeen for Volume I and eight for Volume II on the verso of the title leaf to Volume II and with the leaf pp. ix-x containing Darwin's note on "a serious and unfortunate error" tipped in leaf after p. viii in Volume II. Two small octavo volumes 7 1/2 x 4 15/16 inches; 191 x 126 mm Volume II is 5 mm shorter than volume I. viii 423 1 printer's imprint 16 publisher's ads; viiiix-x "Postscript" 475 1 printer's imprint 16 publisher's ads pp. The 16 pages of publisher's advertisements at the end of each volume are both dated January 1871 . Wood-engraved text illustrations. Original green cloth with covers stamped in blind and spines stamped and lettered in gilt. Black-coated endpapers. Head and tail of spines with some minor shelf-wear. Corners slightly bumped. Some very light rubbing to board edges. Some minor bubbling to cloth of front board of volume II. Front inner hinge of volume I with a mostly closed crack holding firm. Previous owner's armorial bookplate on front pastedown of volume II. Some minor pencil markings to volume I otherwise very clean inside. Overall an exceptional set. The first issue of 2500 copies was published on February 24 1871 and the second of 2000 copies in March. "The book in its first edition contains two parts the descent of man itself and selection in relation to sex. The word 'evolution' occurs for the first time in any of Darwin's works on page 2 of the first volume of the first edition that is to say before its appearance in the sixth edition of The Origin of Species in the following year. The last chapter is about sexual selection in relation to man and it ends with the famous peroration about man's lowly origin the wording of which differs slightly in the first edition from that which is usually quoted" Freeman p. 129. "In the Origin Darwin had avoided discussing the place occupied by Homo sapiens in the scheme of natural selection stating only that 'light will be thrown on the origin of man and his history.' Twelve years later he made good his promise with The descent of man in which he compared man's physical and psychological characteristics to similar traits in apes and other animals showing how even man's mind and moral sense could have developed through evolutionary processes. In discussing man's ancestry Darwin did not claim that man was directly descended from apes as we know them today but stated simply that the extinct ancestors of Homo sapiens would have to be classified among the primates; however this statement as misinterpreted by the popular press caused a furor second only to that raised by the Origin" Norman Library. This title created almost as much sensation as his Origin of Species. In it he elaborated further on his views adding sexual selection and using the word 'evolution' for the first time. Milestones of Science 48. Freeman Darwin 937. Garrison-Morton 170. Norman Library 599. HBS 69501. $5500. John Murray unknown books
1860réf. 16363London: John Murray 1860. Third edition 1st printing 10th Thousand. With 14 text woodcuts. Original publisher’s cloth front cover a bit worn; interior very good. Second edition later issue tenth thousand with new preliminaries and a postscript at the end of the preface the final definitive text with extensive revisions from its first appearance of Darwin’s first published work which chronicles his historic five-year voyage on the Beagle to Brazil Argentina Tierra del Fuego Chile Peru the Galapagos Islands New Zealand Australia and other countries and islands along the way. This journey was the most important event in Darwin’s intellectual life. The appearance of this record was a turning point in the history of biological science and marked the beginnings of a whole new conception of the origin of the various species of life on earth. Freeman 20. John Murray unknown books
1865réf. 185092St Petersburg: Prince A. S. Golitsyn 1865. Russian evolution Scarce first edition in Russian of Darwin's first published book celebrated as the genesis of his theory of evolutionary biology. Among the earliest translations of the Voyage in any language this edition attests to Darwin's popularity in Tsarist Russia. Like Britain and France Russia was a centre of pre-Darwinian research on evolutionary theory. The Darwinian evolution proved immediately popular as young scientists and radical social philosophers employed it to establish their independence from religious conservatives in the traumatic aftermath of the Crimean War. The Voyage of the Beagle was originally published in 1839. This translation was produced by Andrei Beketov 1825-1902 the botanist and evolutionary theorist who had also produced the first Russian translation of the Origin in 1864. Beketov's wife Elisaveta 1834-1902 was a prolific translator in her own right and it is now widely accepted that she collaborated with her husband on this translation. A variant of the famed diagram of the Galapagos finches is on page 206 of Volume II. 2 vols small octavo 160 x 106 mm pp. viii 540 2; iv vi 466. Engraved portrait frontispiece to vol. I wood-engraved illustrations in the text. Recent blue quarter calf spines lettered and ruled in gilt marbled paper sides and endpapers edges sprinkled blue. Later blue ink library marks to final leaf verso of vol. II. Japanese tissue repair to upper inner corner of frontispiece. Light rubbing minor foxing and damp staining to contents: a very good copy. Freeman F2383.1-2. unknown
1892réf. 142075Cambridge: Privately Printed 1892. Hardcover. Very good. Folio. Cloth-backed boards. Four illustrations drawn within the text in pencil; text printed only on the rectos. Original owner's inscription to the title page: "Joseph A. Daniel/Christ's College/Cambridge". Minor amount of wear to the edges of the boards. Ex-libris of Richard Freeman bibliographer of Charles Darwin initialed by him with notes of cost on ffep. An exceptionally rare item with fantastic provenance. COPAC lists three copies at Cambridge the Natural History Museum and the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew; no copies have come up at auction. It is unclear as to who has done the illustrations in this copy; the copy held at Cambridge has similar drawings with some variations. Perhaps the illustrations were all done by hand by the authors though this isn't explicitly stated anywhere in the book. There are references to Charles Darwin throughout this work most notably on f.42 where a letter from Charles Darwin to Joseph Hooker is quoted. 1892 Privately Printed hardcover
1871réf. TS381London: John Murray 1871. 1st Edition . Hardback. Fine. 8vo. half-title with printers imprint to the verso viii ii postscript 475 i pp 16pp John Murray cataloge dated January 1871 the first issue. A really fine binding with no wear fading bumping or marks The gilt titles are fine with no rubbing or loss. The end-papers are fine with no cracking marks or labels. The verso of the title-page has the errata list as called for in the first issue. The preliminaries are heavily foxed as are the last pages of the rear catalogue. The text block is tight and clean with just an occasional small blemish. PLEASE EMAIL FOR PHOTOS. The boards are 195mm. Foxing to the adverts is often found in this volume which lower quality paper being used than the text block. John Murray hardcover
réf. 116930London John Murray 1871. 2 volumes 12mo. VIII. 423 pages and VIII. 475 pages. Full black morocco gilt framing in the center of the boards with fleurons in the corners all edges gilt ornate ribbed spine with red calf title-pieces contemporary binding hinges rubbed and roughly re-tinted in blue. Original Edition second printing with page 297 of the first volume beginning with "When" the author's list of works printed on the verso of the title page of the second volume and the errors of the first printing corrected. The first application of evolutionary theory to human development which Darwin had carefully avoided until then the work establishes a clear genealogy for mankind emphasizing its link with primates and sets out Darwin's ideas on the evolutionary origins of morality and religion. The book was particularly influential in introducing evolutionary proposals into the heart of Victorian society provoking almost as much controversy as "The Origin of Species". This was the first of Darwin's works to contain the word "evolution" the year before it appeared in the sixth edition of "The Origin of Species". A copy bound in contemporary full morocco a very rare condition for this work which is most often found in the publisher's cloth boards or in half-leather bindings. A good copy practically free of foxing. Garrison-Morton 170. Norman 599 stating that there were 2500 copies of the first printing and 2000 of the second. hardcover
1860réf. 758605This is a first American edition second state from 1860. Three Reviews. Some staining to pages and spine. Some light damage to edges. P/O's name on first page otherwise No Markings to text. Happy to provide more pictures or answer in questions!. D. Appleton and Company hardcover
1871réf. 006663London: John Murray 1871. First edition first printing. Quarter leather. This is the first edition first impression of Charles Darwins The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex his first book to apply the term evolution - in a striking contemporary fine binding. The binding features quarter calf over marbled paper-covered boards with blind tooled transitions between the boards and calf corners and spine. The spine features raised gilt-decorated bands framed by double gilt rules a black title panel and gilt devices adorning undecorated compartments. The boards endpapers and page edges are all marbled in a matching nonpareil combed pattern creating a compelling aesthetic consistency. First impression of the first edition is confirmed by issue points; in Volume I transmitted is the first word on p.297; Volume II has errata on the title page verso seventeen errata for Volume I and eight for Volume II and a tipped-in Postscript at unpaginated pp. ix-x referring to errors which were reset for the second issue. The sixteen pages of advertisements for Murrays standard works are not present removed when the book was rebound as were the half-title leaves. Condition is very good overall. Despite overall toning the calfs original red mostly settling to brown and scuffing the exceptional contemporary bindings are square clean tight and original with no sign of repair restoration or hinge failure. The first impression contents are bright with light spotting primarily confined to the first and final leaves. The sole previous ownership mark is the same name and date of January 1878 inked on the upper right corner of each blank leaf recto preceding the title page. Given that the subject blank leaves were added when the book was finely bound it follows that the binding was commissioned during or before January 1878. On the Origin of Species 1859 fomented a reorientation that would eventually supplant dogmatic creationist hierarchy with rationalistic naturalist biology. But in Origin Darwin had said little about how his ideas applied to human beings. In The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex Darwin argued that all creatures are subject to the same natural laws. Man still bears in his bodily frame the indelible stamp of his lowly origin. And in Descent the cause was finally given its enduring name. On page two of Volume I Darwin wrote these great classes of facts afford as it appears to me ample and conclusive evidence in favour of the principle of gradual evolution. This is the first time the word evolution is thus applied in his published work. Descent posited the theory Darwin called sexual selection and attempted to set forth a naturalistic explanation for the mind and for moral behavior. That Darwins conceptions continue to both fuel rational debate and fervid ire testifies to their fundamental impact. That many of his concepts are settled theory testifies to their empirical insight and veracity. This particular set is not only an artifact of landmark scientific thought but also testimony to Victorian era bibliophilic history craft and sensibilities. "BOUND BY MUDIE is printed on the lower front free-end paper versos. Charles Edward Mudie 1818-1890 founded a circulating library that served a wide middle-class audience who could not afford the exorbitant price of new books making literature significantly more accessible to the public. By 1852 he had over 25000 subscribers. Between 1853 and 1862 Mudie is said to have added almost 960000 volumes to his stock in hand thus becoming one of the major distributors of fiction in Britain at the time. His business also serviced readers overseas shipping tin trunks of books to India Cape Colony Egypt and other British colonies. The glee occasioned by the arrival of Mudie's shipments was playfully commented upon by W. S. Gilbert in Bab Ballads when he wrote: 'New boxes come from across the sea / from Mr. Mudie's Libraree'. ODNB. John Murray hardcover books
1860réf. 68677New York: D. Appleton and Company 1860. Full Description: DARWIN Charles. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life. New York: D. Appleton and Company 1860. First American edition third issue. "Revised Edition" on title-page and three quotations to verso of half-title. Octavo 7 11/16 x 4 7/8 inches; 196 x 125 mm. 1-432 pp. With folding chart. Original pebbled brown cloth with covers decoratively stamped in blind. Spine lettered in gilt. Green-coated endpapers. A very slight bit of fraying to top and bottom of the spine. Spine lightly sunned. Previous owner's pencil signature on front free endpaper. And an old ink gift inscription dated 1895 on front flyleaf. Some intermittent light foxing. Housed in a custom full black morocco clamshell. Overall a very good unrestored copy. One of the most influential scientific works of the nineteenth century On the Origin of Species was and still is one of the most controversial. The book caused an uproar immediately upon its publication and many early copies were burned in protest of its author's ideas. In it "Darwin not only drew an entirely new picture of the workings of organic nature; he 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" Printing and the Mind of Man. Although published the same year as the second English edition the text of the first American edition with the two stereo reprints of the same year is identical to the first English edition Freeman 373 with the whale-bear story surviving intact. Freeman 376 "the most important biological book ever written". Grolier/Horblit 23b "the most influential scientific work of the nineteenth century"; Printing and the Mind of Man 344b first edition. Freeman Darwin 379. Printing and the Mind of Man 344. HBS 68677. $6000. D. Appleton and Company unknown
1860réf. 68677New York: D. Appleton and Company 1860. Full Description: DARWIN Charles. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life. New York: D. Appleton and Company 1860. First American edition third issue. "Revised Edition" on title-page and three quotations to verso of half-title. Octavo 7 11/16 x 4 7/8 inches; 196 x 125 mm. 1-432 pp. With folding chart. Original pebbled brown cloth with covers decoratively stamped in blind. Spine lettered in gilt. Green-coated endpapers. A very slight bit of fraying to top and bottom of the spine. Spine lightly sunned. Previous owner's pencil signature on front free endpaper. And an old ink gift inscription dated 1895 on front flyleaf. Some intermittent light foxing. Housed in a custom full black morocco clamshell. Overall a very good unrestored copy. One of the most influential scientific works of the nineteenth century On the Origin of Species was and still is one of the most controversial. The book caused an uproar immediately upon its publication and many early copies were burned in protest of its author's ideas. In it "Darwin not only drew an entirely new picture of the workings of organic nature; he 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" Printing and the Mind of Man. Although published the same year as the second English edition the text of the first American edition with the two stereo reprints of the same year is identical to the first English edition Freeman 373 with the whale-bear story surviving intact. Freeman 376 "the most important biological book ever written". Grolier/Horblit 23b "the most influential scientific work of the nineteenth century"; Printing and the Mind of Man 344b first edition. Freeman Darwin 379. Printing and the Mind of Man 344. HBS 68677. $6000. D. Appleton and Company unknown books
1871réf. 889P6London: John Murray 1871. First edition. Leather. Good. 7" by 5". Not Stated. The first edition of one of the most important scientific works to ever be published Charles Darwin's introduction to his theory of evolution. The first edition Volume I is the first issue with 'transmitted' as the first word to page 297 in Volume I changed to 'when' in later issues. Volume II is the second issue with titles to the verso of the title pages rather than errata. In two volumes.Illustrated with in-text engravings.Collated both volumes have been rebound without the half-titles errata leaf to Volume II and publisher's adverts.One of the most important scientific works to ever be published 'The Descent of Man' lays out Charles Darwin's theories on sexual selection and human evolution. It was this work which first broached Darwin's theory of evolution also being the first time the word was in print in any of his works on page 2 of Volume I. In a half calf binding with marbled paper to the boards. Externally rubbed. Light bumping to the extremities with a small amount of loss of leather to the head and tail of the spine. A few minor marks heavier to the front joint of Volume I. Small crack to the rear joint of Volume I. Front hinges are starting but firm. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with the occasional scattered spot and handling mark including spots to the endpapers. Good John Murray hardcover
1862réf. 176464Paris: Guillaumin et Cie Victor Masson et Fils 1862. With an autograph letter signed by the woman Darwin judged "one of the cleverest" in Europe First edition in French translated and edited by the self-taught theorist feminist and author Clémence Royer 1830-1902 together with a loosely inserted autograph letter signed by her. Her lengthy preface and extensive footnotes pre-staged the rise of social Darwinism and anticipated several of the issues Darwin himself would later consider in the Descent of Man 1871. After reading Royer's edition Darwin judged her "one of the cleverest & oddest women in Europe" Darwin Correspondence Project. The French philosopher Renan went further deeming her "almost a man of genius". Although Royer had no scientific training she worked closely with the naturalist René-Édouard Claparède 1832-1871 to ensure that her translation of Darwin's biology was technically accurate. However Royer transcended the typically passive role expected of female translators and took a considerably more active engagement in the final text - a move seen at the time as a distinctly masculine one. Assuming an editorial capacity she outlined her own interpretation of Darwinian science bullishly exploring consequences that Darwin had carefully left out and adding a Lamarckian slant to his theories. In this she was among the first to publicly draw eugenicist conclusions from Darwin's work. France had been particularly resistant towards Darwinian science in part because of Lamarck's continuing grip on its biological thought. By positioning Darwin as a defender of Lamarckian inheritance Royer became a prominent albeit unsystematic champion of Darwinian ideas in France. Darwin later chose to retain Royer for the second edition indicating she claimed that she understood the thrust of his thought better than most. In the enclosed autograph letter Royer writes to Alphonse de Calonne 1818-1902 the founder of the Revue Contemporaine to arrange a meeting regarding the publication of her novel Les Jumeaux d'Hellas 1864. Together 2 items: i octavo 175 x 111 mm. Folding lithographed plate facing p. 160; ii bifolium 130 x 105 mm written across 16 lines on the first page with Royer's embossed initials at the head. Contemporary black pebble-grain calf spine lettered in gilt and ruled in blind marbled endpapers. Near-contemporary critical pencil annotation to outer margin of pp. 107 and 341. Light rubbing moderate browning and foxing to contents two central gatherings a little proud: a very good copy. Freeman 655. unknown
1866réf. 155699London: John Murray 1866. The extensively revised Origin Fourth edition of "the most important biological book ever written" Freeman one of 1500 copies. The text was significantly altered from previous editions representing the second largest increase in the Origin. The fourth edition also corrects the date of the Origin's initial publication given on the verso of the half-title from 1 October to 24 November 1859. Octavo. Folding diagram facing p. 130. With 32 pp. publisher's advertisements dated April 1867 at rear. Original green pebble-grain cloth spine lettered and decorated in gilt covers blocked in blind Freeman's variant c no priority dark green endpapers Edmond & Remnants binder's ticket on rear pastedown. Contemporary ownership signature of Samuel Oldham Lees on half-title likely the landowner 1832-1879 later bookplate on front pastedown A. Oldham Lees of Strathspey. Head of spine and inner hinges restored. Spine ends and corners bumped extremities rubbed cloth clean a few leaves creased from reading book block cracked at pp. 432-33. A very good copy. Freeman 385. hardcover
1862réf. 167295London: John Murray 1862. In support of natural selection First edition of Darwin's first book following the Origin of Species. This monograph on the structure and function of orchid flowers was "the first of the volumes of supporting evidence" for natural selection Freeman. The print run is estimated at no more than 2000 copies and it is the only Darwin title issued by Murray between 1859 and 1910 not bound in the characteristic green cloth. Orchids is "a methodological masterclass in the scientific use of history showing how homologies between flower parts - these had been elucidated by previous botanists - allow us to model past evolutionary events. Throughout the book Darwin showed how natural selection can create exquisite co-adaptations between plants and animals and in so doing it founded the science of pollination ecology. He was even able to make predictions based on understanding that the extraordinary morphology of orchid flowers is co-adapted to the morphology and behavior of their pollinating species. Orchids was the first of the botanical books which Darwin published from 1862 all of which 'exalted' plants and showed how closely linked to animals they are. It appeared in May 1862 and there were probably only 2000 copies printed. Although highly praised by botanists at the time it never sold well" Freeman the public remaining more interested in the controversy of evolution than the details. Octavo. Folding woodcut plate of the Orchis mascula facing p. 18 33 woodcuts within text. With 32 pp. publisher's advertisements dated September 1871 at rear. Original plum fine diaper-grain cloth Freeman's variant b spine lettered and decorated in gilt covers ornamentally panelled in blind front cover with centrally gilt-stamped orchid motif brown coated endpapers. Cloth entirely unrestored and binding tight and square spine sunned extremities gently rubbed inner hinges tender but holding firm contents clean: a very good copy indeed. Freeman 800; Norman 595. hardcover
1909réf. 182356Cambridge: Printed at the University Press 1909. The evolution of evolution Limited presentation edition inscribed in a secretarial hand to Lucien Cuénot 1866-1951 a pioneering developer of Mendelian genetics and a skilled promoter of neo-Darwinism. These presentation copies were printed for delegates at the 1909 Darwin celebrations in Cambridge - marking the centenary of the man himself and the half-centenary of his most famous work. The Foundations marks Darwin's first articulation of the theory of evolution. Cuénot then professor of zoology at the University of Lorraine had been engaged in Mendelian experiments since the rediscovery of the latter's work in 1900. For this he is celebrated as the individual responsible for introducing genetics into Franc and for doing so in an essentially Darwinian framework. Darwin wrote the Foundations in mid-1842 drawing together a series of observations that had been fermenting since he stepped off the Beagle at Falmouth. As Francis Darwin observed the basic structure of the sketch resembles that of the Origin itself outlining the Malthusian mechanisms of natural selection and proceeding from analysis of domesticated organisms to those in a state of nature. Following Emma Darwin's death in 1896 the 35-page manuscript was discovered in a cupboard in Down House where it had been discarded as scrap paper. Francis Darwin who had co-authored several scientific works with his father edited the manuscript for presentation. Later in 1909 the University Press published a trade edition which paired Foundations with another previously unpublished "sketch" from 1844. Octavo. Photogravure portrait frontispiece with tissue guard photographic plate. Original quarter vellum grey paper covers front cover lettered and with university crest stamped in black outer and lower edges uncut. Light toning and bumping minimal foxing to contents: a very good copy indeed. Freeman 1555; Norman 605; Waller 10788. hardcover
1921réf. feb026951921. First Lithuanian Edition of Geological Observations on South America. Kelionė Biglio laivu - Tarp Pie- tų Amerikos gyvulių Used book For more details and availability please contact me Kulturos
