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1884rif. 53520Budapest Kiadja A. K. M. 1884. 8vo. In the publisher's original two embossed full red cloth bindings with gilt lettering to spine. Small vague stamp to both half-titles. Hindges loose on volume i. A fine fine and clean copy. LXXI 1 542 pp.; VII 5 436 pp. The exceedingly rare first Hungarian translation of Darwin's The Descent of Man. "Compared with the original and with a biography by Margó Tivador" Freeman. The Hungarian public was introduced to Darwinism early on when Ferenc Jánosi reviewed The Origin of Species in the Budapesti Szemle Budapest Review a half year after it first appeared in English. Darwin's principal works were first published in Hungarian translation by the Royal Hungarian Natural Science Society Királyi Magyar Természettudományi Társulat. The Origin of Species translated by László Dapsy was published in 1873; The present work in 1884 and a few years later in 1897 the latter work was translated anew and published by László Seress. "It is characteristic of the enlightened spirit of the country in this period that Darwin received academic recognition earlier in Hungary than in England. Although Cambridge did not honor Darwin until 1879 he was elected an honorary member of The Hungarian Academy of Sciences in 1872 the same year on this occasion the renowned Hungarian zoologist Tivadar Margó visited him at Down.Historical circumstances played a major role in this quick appearance of Darwinism and its popularity in Hungary. The failure of the 1848-49 revolution and war of independence seemingly put an end to progressive political discourse signaling an ideological crisis among the intelligentsia. In this context the natural sciences with their 'eternal truths' promised a way out inasmuch as science's promised objectivity might well serve as a politically neutral expression of progressive values" Mund The Reception of Charles Darwin in Nineteenth-Century Hungarian Society."Darwin wrote in the preface to the second edition of 'the fiery ordeal through which this book has passed'. He had avoided the logical outcome of the general theory of evolution bringing man into the scheme for twelve years and in fact it had by that time been so much accepted that the clamour of the opposition was not strident. He had also been preceded in 1863 by Huxley's Man's place in nature. 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." Freeman.Freeman no. 1084. hardcover
1875rif. 55758Lwów Ksiegarnia Polska 1875-1876. 8vo. In contemporary half cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Previous owner's stamp and another owner's sginature to title-page. Light wear to extremities otherwise a fine and clean set. 262 2; 313 3 pp. Rare first Polish edition of the second and third parts of the Descent of Man but published separate from the first part as one work hence the title 'Sexual Selection' a translation authorised by Darwin in response to Malowski's request to make the translation Letter 8910 14 May 1873. Whereas "Origin of Species" established Darwinism as a turning point in nineteenth-century biology "The Descent of Man" helped built a bridge between biology the social sciences and the humanities and made Darwinism a broad system of research designs theoretical principles and philosophical outlook.The numeration of parts is from Chapter I to Chapter VI vol. I and from Chapter VII to Chapter XIV vol. II. It is generally based on the first English edition 1871 but at the end of vol. II the Polish publisher has added the short note on the brains of man and apes of T. H. Huxley which was originally published in the second English edition 1874. "It was translated into Danish Dutch French German Italian Polish Russian and Swedish in Darwin's lifetime and into ten further languages since." Freeman.Maslowski 1847-1928 studied medicine and natural sciences in Paris before returning to Poland where he took part in the January Uprising: he remained active in politics primarily as a journalist. At first an ardent Darwinian he later became a fierce opponent.Not in FreemanDarwin Online: F1101b.1 F1101b.2.OCLC locates four copies worldwide Cornell Univ. Huntington Libr. Yale Univ. Libr. National Library of Poland hardcover
1875rif. 000860John Murray 1875. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. First edition first issue published by John Murray in 1875. x 462 pages. Original green cloth covers with a forward lean bright gilt lettering to the spine spine ends and corners a little rubbed rough cut page edges brown endpapers with a bookseller label to the front pastedown for S&T Gilbert London gift inscription in ink to the back of the free endpaper which as well as the half title is spotted pages otherwise clear with some light creasing or indentations where pages have been turned the rear board is just starting to come a little loose between the last page and the rear free end paper but all remains secure. Good condition. John Murray hardcover
1875rif. 45749London: John Murray 1878 1877 1877 1875. Four volumes mixed editions. 8vo. Uniformly bound in contemporary green full calf spines with raised bands gilt lettered red spine labels the other compartments richly gilt endpapers and all edges marbled the early book label of a Walter Palmer of "The Acacias Reading" to the front free endpapers. "Origin." with a folding plate illustrations in the text throughout the other works. Foxing to the front and rear of each volume some rubbing to the extremities a handsome set of these early issues. "Origin of Species" - sixth edition 20th thousand dated 1878 the second issue of the definitive text published two years earlier; "Various Contrivances." - second edition revised preceded only by the first edition of 1862; "Descent of Man" - second edition 12th thousand revised and augmented 1877; "Insectivorous Plants" - second thousand preceded only by the first issue published in July the same year. Freeman 403 801 948 and 1217 respectively. London: John Murray unknown
1877rif. feb1156561877: First French Edition of Insectivorous plants Les plantes insectivores Used. For more details please contact me C. Reinwald hardcover
1871rif. feb01281871: First Dutch Edition of The descent of man and selection in relation to sex by Charles Darwin in 2 Volumes De afstamming van den mensch en de seksueele teeltkeus Delft IJkema hardcover
1859rif. 1293943London: John Murray 1859. Third Edition. Hardcover. Octavo 429 pages with two fold outs and pages of advertisements. In Good plus condition. Rebacked in green cloth with gilt lettering to spine with original boards and preserved and parts of original spine laid on. Boards show wear along the edges; corners bumped and beginning to fray. Pages are age toned as is typical with some minor spotting mostly at the beginning and on the fold outs. Interior otherwise clean and free of marking. An ex-library copy with usual markings including a bookplate from the Royal Navy on front paste down and faded ink stamp on title page. Darwin's contribution present and corrected on page 268. The first edition of 1849 had a transposition error in Darwin's essay some later states included a corrected text in a rear pocket. The second edition was issued in 1851 with no offprint of Darwin's article. This is the third edition complete. Fold out maps are present with some slight tears to the rear map. Shelved in Case 10. 1293943. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. John Murray hardcover
1859rif. 1293943London: John Murray 1859. Third Edition. Hardcover. Octavo 429 pages with two fold outs and pages of advertisements. In Good plus condition. Rebacked in green cloth with gilt lettering to spine with original boards and preserved and parts of original spine laid on. Boards show wear along the edges; corners bumped and beginning to fray. Pages are age toned as is typical with some minor spotting mostly at the beginning and on the fold outs. Interior otherwise clean and free of marking. An ex-library copy with usual markings including a bookplate from the Royal Navy on front paste down and faded ink stamp on title page. Darwin's contribution present and corrected on page 268. The first edition of 1849 had a transposition error in Darwin's essay some later states included a corrected text in a rear pocket. The second edition was issued in 1851 with no offprint of Darwin's article. This is the third edition complete. Fold out maps are present with some slight tears to the rear map. Shelved in Case 10. 1293943. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. John Murray hardcover books
1915rif. 3159Fexis: Athen 1915. First greek edition. In original paper. Small tear on the top of the cover. Uncut. First greek edition. In original paper. 585 p. First greek edition. Athen unknown
1864Modena, tipi di Nicola Zanichelli e soci, 1864 (1865 alla copertina), 8vo legatura ottocentesca in cartonato rigido e tassello al dorso, pp. XVI-403 con una tavola litografica f.t. (Freeman, n° 706 - Coccia, p. 157/160). La prima edizione italiana di questo monumento della cultura mondiale.
1861rif. 49837London: John Murray 1861. Third edition seventh thousand. 8vo. xx 538 pp. Later green half straight grain morocco for Hatchards green cloth sides spine with raised bands gilt lettered direct to two panels and dated at the foot marbled endpapers with the bookplate of a Laurence Currie to the front pastedown top edge gilt. Folding table. Light rubbing to the extremities an attractive copy. Freeman 381. First published 1859 this edition includes a leaf detailing alterations from the second edition and also the historical sketch for the first time in a Murray edition. The latter had originally appeared in a shortened form in the first German edition and subsequently in the fourth American printing both 1860. London: John Murray unknown
1881rif. 163369London: John Murray 1881. A fresh copy of his last book in the original cloth First edition first issue of the author's final book. Published the year before his death it was a remarkable success and sold 6000 copies within a year initially selling faster than the Origin of Species had done. The culmination of ten years of intensive research and close observation on the interaction of earthworms with their physical environment and their influence on great earth movements the work was Darwin's "leitmotif explaining vast changes by minute incremental events: mountain uplift evolving life and now worms transforming the soil" ODNB. The first impression of 2000 copies was apparently split between two equal issues the first without a "thousand" statement as here and the second with "second thousand" on the title; all issues thereafter had such a statement. Octavo. Woodcut and engraved figures in the text. Publisher's advertisement leaf at rear. Original green cloth spine lettered and decorated in gilt covers panelled in blind brown coated endpapers. Ownership inscription on first blank. Cloth with couple of bumps and tiny wear to corners but fresh overall superficial splits to sound inner hinges outer leaves foxed contents clean inconsequential paper flaw to lower corner of pp. 1/2. A very good copy indeed. Freeman 1357. hardcover
1880rif. 156556London: John Murray 1880. It has always pleased me to exalt plants in the scale of organised beings First edition first issue of Darwin's penultimate book continuing his experiments with climbing plants and prepared with the assistance of his son Francis. The first issue is distinguished by the presence of two lines of errata on p. x which are corrected in the second issue of the same year. The collaborative authorship proclaimed on the title page reflects Darwin's interest in introducing his children into the world of science. Francis Darwin had trained as a doctor but turned from medicine to botany initially working as secretary and assistant to his father. In 1876 he had been for some months at the University of Würzburg learning laboratory methods from Julius Sachs. "The book was an extension of Charles Darwin's work on climbing plants and it showed that the same mechanisms can be observed in plants in general. By extending the idea of irregular circumnutation the Darwins analysed the growth movement of plants in response to factors of the environment such as light gravity and wounds. In addition they demonstrated that the mechanism of curvature in both roots and shoots was the result of differential growth rates. They could also confirm that the effect of the stimuli on the growth movement was indirect and that light and gravity act on some substance in the tip of the root and the shoot which is transmitted to other parts of the plant. Francis Darwin later refined some of the experimental techniques and modified their theoretical conclusions" ODNB. Provenance: with the ownership signature of Ralph W. Lewis dated 1949 on the half-title. Lewis was a professor of botany plant pathology biology and natural science at Michigan State University from 1937 to 1980. He is best known for his arguments in favour of formalizing evolutionary theory and recognizing evolution as a system of theories. Octavo. With 196 woodcuts in text; 32-page publisher's catalogue dated May 1878 at rear. Original green cloth spine lettered and decorated in gilt covers panelled in blind brown coated endpapers. Spine ends and corners gently bumped and rubbed small indentation at centre of spine some marks to rear cover professionally recased pp. 272-3 browned from slip of paper once laid in. A very good copy. Freeman 1325. hardcover
1839rif. 72639Volume I xxviii 4 597 pp errata. Volume II xiv 2 694 pp. Appendix Volumeviii 352 pp. 54 black and white plates which include 7 loose folding maps. The loose maps are all facsimiles and not originals. Published by Henry Colburn hardcover
1888rif. feb026771888. First Polish Edition of Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication in 2 Volumes by Charles Darwin. Zmienność zwierząt i roślin w stanie kultury Used book For more details and availability please contact me Wydawnictwo Przeglądu Tygodniowego hardcover
1876rif. 60588Moscow, izdanie V. P. Plemânnikova, 1876. 8vo. 3 parts bound in 2 uniform contemporary full cloth bindings with blind stamped titles to spines. Some soiling to extremities and part of cloth around hinges worn of. Internally with occassional brownspotting. (4), 168, (2), 393, (1), VII, (2) pp. + 4 folded plates.
1957rif. 57927(Bucharest), National Academy, 1957. Folio. With the original printed wrappers in publisher's full cloth with gilt lettering to spine and gilt ornamentation to spine forming 6 compartments. A fine copy. (2), LXXXIV, 398, (2) pp. [plate with genealogical tree included in the pagination].
1876rif. 60588Moscow izdanie V. P. Plemânnikova 1876. 8vo. 3 parts bound in 2 uniform contemporary full cloth bindings with blind stamped titles to spines. Some soiling to extremities and part of cloth around hinges worn of. Internally with occassional brownspotting. 4 168 2 393 1 VII 2 pp. 4 folded plates. Rare first Russian translation of Darwin’s Insectivorous Plants published only one year after the English original. Freeman F1244OCLC only locates one copy in Poland Huntinton in Pasadena also holds a copy. hardcover
1957rif. 57927Bucharest National Academy 1957. Folio. With the original printed wrappers in publisher's full cloth with gilt lettering to spine and gilt ornamentation to spine forming 6 compartments. A fine copy. 2 LXXXIV 398 2 pp. plate with genealogical tree included in the pagination. Rare first complete Romanian translation of Darwin's "Origin of Species". A preliminary and incomplete translation was made and published in 1950 48 pp. which also included a biography of Darwin Freeman 746.Freeman 747. hardcover
1862rif. 143986London: John Murray 1862. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London John Murray 1862 first edition first issue. Octavo vi 366 32 publisher's advertisements pages with 34 wood-engraved illustrations some full-page one a folding plate additional to the pagination. Ribbon-embossed plum cloth blocked in gilt and blind; covers slightly worn at the corner-tips and unevenly sunned on the spine; old repair to a split at the head of the front joint; contemporary library stamps to a dozen pages but see our footnote; front hinge cracked but firm; a few other minor signs of age and handling; a very good copy. The scarce first issue of Darwin's first major work after 'On the Origin of Species' 1859. Its exploration of the mechanisms of pollination offered a persuasive observable demonstration of his theory of natural selection in operation in particular through the coevolution of insects and the sexual structures of the orchids that they fertilise. Although praised by botanists the book did not sell well and in later issues the sheets from the first printing were offered in a variant binding and with advertisements dated as late as 1871. This example is in the first-issue binding and has advertisements dated December 1861. The total edition likely comprised fewer than 2000 copies. This copy has the contemporary blindstamp of the Adelaide bookseller W.C. Rigby to the front free endpaper and flyleaf and the contemporary library stamps of the Gawler Institute attesting to the early importation of Darwin's works into colonial South Australia. The title page has an early manuscript shelf mark in ink the Gawler Institute red inkstamp with the inserted reference number 1947 and a much later blue inkstamp for the Salisbury North High School Library. That this book has survived at all is cause for celebration. Freeman 800 'variant a.'. John Murray hardcover
1871rif. 54640E-172: John Murray. Very Good. 1871. Hardcover. Leather. 8vo. John Murray. 1871. Two Volumes. Viii 423 pgs and viii 475 pgs. First Edition/Later Issue lacking transmitted on pg. 297 of the 1st volume and the errata slip at the beginning of volume 2; lacking the catalog at the end of volume 2. Bound in full blue leather with gilt rule gilt titles raised bands and red and black leather spine label present to the spine. Boards have some light wear present. Marbled endpapers. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. The word "evolution" appears here for the first time in any of Darwin s works on page 2 of the first volume that is to say before its appearance in the sixth edition of the Origin of species in the following year Freeman p 129. In 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 furore second only to that raised by the Origin Norman. E-172; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . John Murray hardcover
1890rif. 97629NY:: D. Appleton and Company. Very Good. 1890s. Hardcover. An incomplete set: 14 of 15 volumes Volume I of The Origin of Species is missing. Animals and Plants Under Domestication two volumes Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species Geological Observations on the Volcanic Islands and Parts of South America Insectivorous Plants The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin two volumes edited by his son Francis Darwin The Power of Movement in Plants The Origin of Species Volume II only The Formation of Vegetable Mould Through the Action of Worms Journal of Researches Into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries Visited During the Voyage of H. M. S. Beagle Round the World. Author's Edition Limited: this set is number 223 of 1000. Octavos half bound in burgundy leather marbled boards raised bands along the spines gilt lettering and design on the spines top edges gilt marbled endpapers illustrations photographs and fold-out maps. Light shelf wear and aging aptly the Insectivorous Plants volume has two small holes at the fore edge of the text block - insect damage one of the volumes has the previous owner's name and address on a front endpage else all volumes are very good. Texts are clean and bindings are sound. . D. Appleton and Company, hardcover
1881rif. 140940727London: John Murray 1881. First Edition. Near Fine. First edition first printing. Bound in publisher's original green cloth with titles stamped in gilt on the spine. Darkening to spine cloth and slight tear at head. Foxing to textblock edge preliminary and terminal sheets. Previous owner name in pencil to front paste down. Darwin's final work published shortly before his death in April 1882. John Murray unknown
1868rif. 6645London: John Murray 1868. First edition. Fine. 2 volumes octavo 23 cm. First issue points: 5 errata on 6 lines in Vol. I and 9 errata on 7 lines in Vol. II. LACKS ADS apparently discarded when bound by Henry Southeran. Bound in full tan polished calf double-ruled in gilt; six-compartment spine tooled in blind and gilt with black title labels. Marbled edges and endleaves. Ticket of Henry Southeran. A very handsome set! Darwin's sequel to the Origin of Species including his first use of the term "survival of the fittest" and his much-admired essay on pigeons. John Murray unknown
1890rif. 97629NY:: D. Appleton and Company. Very Good. 1890s. Hardcover. An incomplete set: 14 of 15 volumes Volume I of The Origin of Species is missing. Animals and Plants Under Domestication two volumes Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species Geological Observations on the Volcanic Islands and Parts of South America Insectivorous Plants The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin two volumes edited by his son Francis Darwin The Power of Movement in Plants The Origin of Species Volume II only The Formation of Vegetable Mould Through the Action of Worms Journal of Researches Into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries Visited During the Voyage of H. M. S. Beagle Round the World. Author's Edition Limited: this set is number 223 of 1000. Octavos half bound in burgundy leather marbled boards raised bands along the spines gilt lettering and design on the spines top edges gilt marbled endpapers illustrations photographs and fold-out maps. Light shelf wear and aging aptly the Insectivorous Plants volume has two small holes at the fore edge of the text block - insect damage one of the volumes has the previous owner's name and address on a front endpage else all volumes are very good. Texts are clean and bindings are sound. . D. Appleton and Company, hardcover books
