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ref. 2-78444Modena Zanichelli 1864 ma 1865 sulla copertina originale conservata all'interno 8vo cm. 24 x 14 legatura moderna in mezza pelle beige titolo e fregi in oro al dorso conservate all'interno le copertine della brossura originale con difetti pp. XVI-403 con una tavola litografica fuori testo. Mitica prima traduzione italiana. Freeman n° 706; Coccia pp. 157-160. unknown
1868ref. 000931John Murray 1868. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition first issue published by John Murray in 1868. 2 Volumes first issue printings with 5 point errata in 6 lines to volume i and 9 points in 7 lines to volume ii. A slightly larger format than many of the Murray editions demy octavo measuring approx 22.5x15cm. Volume i viii411132 pp ads dated April 1867. Volume ii viii4862 pp ads dated February 1868. Original smooth green cloth covers are fresh and bright some light bumping to the corners vol i has some minor indentations to the spine and the upper cover is very slightly bowed vol ii has a slight lean or spine slant. Both with bright gilt to the spines top edges a little dusty securely bound black endpapers with bookseller label first and last few pages with some spotting pages otherwise bright and mostly clean an occasional very minor mark volume i has a previous owners gift inscription in ink to the first blank page very good condition. Numerous black and white illustrations. Only 1500 copies were printed for the first issue of this important work by Darwin. Also comes with two newspaper articles of the Pall Mall Gazette dated 10th and 15th Feb 1868 with the header Darwin on Domestication and Variation. These are spotted. John Murray hardcover
1869ref. GT319London: John Murray 1869. fifth Edition with Additions and Correct . Hardback. Fine. 8vo. THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES By Means of Natural Selection or the Preservation of the Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. fifth Edition with Additions and Corrections TenthThousand xxiii 596pp folding diagram p132. Freeman ref: F436. 32pp FINE PUBLISHER'S GREEN CLOTH with embossed 'Oxford frame' borders and gilt tiles to the spine. Small split to lower spine. Original black end-papers cracked but sound and intact. PLEASE EMAIL FOR PHOTOS.Freeman 387 with double gilt rules to the head and foot spine Variant A. LACKING THE HALF-TITLE PAGE John Murray hardcover
1871ref. chd05acLondon: John Murray. G: in good condition. Volume I - Cover lightly scuffed with some light damp staining on lower edge with minimal impact on contents. Aeg. Volume II - Cover lightly rubbed with some wear at spine ends. Browning to eps and to catalogue. Ownership details on prelim page dated 1873. 1871. First Edition first issue. Volume I- Green Morocco gilt with dentelles; Volume II - Green cloth cover. 190mm x 130mm 7" x 5". viii 423pp; viii ii 475pp 16pp catalogue. Illustrated. Issue Points: Volume I has 'kaola' misprint on page 27 and 'transmitted' as first word on page 297; Volume II has Errata page on verso of title and a Postscript page after page viii; also 16pp. catalogue at end of volume. Volume I bound by Seton & Mackenzie. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. . John Murray hardcover
1871ref. 649L2London: John Murray 1871. First edition. Leather. Good. 7" by 5". None. A first edition first issue set of this famous work regarding evolutionary theory in the context of humans by eminent Victorian naturalist Charles Darwin. The 'Descent of Man' was the first of Charles Darwin's works to use the word 'evolution' and this can be found to page 2 of the first volume. It next appeared in Darwin's sixth edition of 'Origin' published in the following year. This work continues on the principles laid out in Darwin's 'On the Origin of Species' which served as an abstract of his theory. Here Darwin applies his evolutionary theory to humans and proceeds to detail his theory of sexual selection. He also looks at evolutionary psychology evolutionary ethics race sexes and how evolutionary theory is relevant to society. A harlequin set with volume I in a half morocco binding with cloth covered boards and volume II in library cloth. Both volumes are the first edition first issue with the correct errata to the verso of title page to volume II seventeen errata for volume I and eight for volume II. With the note to a leaf between i and x referring to 'a serious and unfortunate error'. To volume I page 297 starts with 'transmitted' and contains misprints such as 'kaola' to page 27. This first volume is very scarce as only 2500 copies of this issue were printed. Collated both volumes have been rebound without the half-titles and publisher's adverts. Ex-library copies with institutional stamps to the recto and verso of title pages only for the 'National Central Library London'. To the recto of front endpaper to volume II there is also a stamp for 'British Library Boston Spa Yorkshire'. Illustrated with several in-text illustrations. A scarce opportunity to own a copy of the first edition first impression of this important scientific work. A harlequin set. With volume I in a half morocco binding with cloth covered boards and volume II in library cloth. Blind stamp to the board of volume I for London Library St James's Square. Externally volume I is worn with heavy rubbing to the extremities and joints. Volume II is generally smart with two library stickers to the front board. Front joint to volume I is tender with the hinge detached resulting in the lifting of the backstrip. A few small chips to the preliminaries of volume I. With library stamps to the endpapers and title pages of both volumes. Loss to the front pastedown and endpaper of volume I. Internally both volumes are firmly bound. Pages are generally bright. The odd spots to pages mostly to volume I which has the occasional ink blot to margins. A good candidate for a rebind. Good John Murray hardcover
1880ref. 806F23London: John Murray 1880 . Cloth. Very Good. 8" by 5.5". Not Stated. The very scarce second thousand of Charles Darwin's illustrated study of plant movement and response to external stimuli. The very scarce second thousand of Charles Darwin's study on phototropism and other types of movement in plants. First published on the 6th November 1880 and quickly selling out its first 1500 copies this second thousand was published within two months of the first.Authored with the assistance of Darwin's son botanist Francis Darwin the work concerns itself with how plants respond to external stimuli examining these processes in individual plants to gain understanding of general principles governing their growth and life. Featuring numerous vignette illustrations throughout.With a single page of publisher's advertisements to the verso of the half title and a thirty-two page publisher's catalogue dated January 1879 to the rear.From the library of prominent English botanist television presenter author and environmental campaigner David Bellamy.Remarked upon by Francis Darwin as a work that was 'widely reviewed and excited much interest among the general public' this is a lovely copy of a very scarce later work from Charles Darwin. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally bright some bumping and with light marks to front board. Front hinge strained a bit but with board holding firm. Internally firmly bound. One spot present from page 586 to 591 with some spotting to final leaf of publisher's advertisements. Pages otherwise exceptionally clean and bright. Very Good John Murray hardcover
1862ref. 52388Paris, Guillaumin et Cie, Victor Masson et Fils, 1862. 8vo. In contemporary half calf with gilt title to spine. Very light minor brownspotting to a few pages. Previous owner's name to half title. A fine copy. LXIV (incl. half-title), I-XXIII + (24-) 712. pp. and 1 folded plate (between pp.160 a. 161). Fully complete.
1891ref. 53191Berlin, Gebrüder Paetel, 1891. Large8vo. In a nice contemporary half calf binding with 5 raised bands and gilt lettering to spine. In ""Deutsche Rundschau"", Band 67, 1891. Green leather title-label and red leather tome-label to spine, Small paper label pasted on to top left corner of front board. Two stamps to first leaf and one stamp to P. 476. Light wear to extremities, internally very fine and clean. Pp. 357-390. [Entire volume: IV, 480 pp.]
1913ref. 55761Oporto, Livraria Chardron, de Lello y Irmao, (1913). 8vo. Partly uncut in the original printed wrappers. Spine cracked and front hindge with repair. Wrappers with a few nicks. Half-title with previous owners names. Internally fine and clean. XVI, 477 pp.
1891ref. 53191Berlin Gebrüder Paetel 1891. Large8vo. In a nice contemporary half calf binding with 5 raised bands and gilt lettering to spine. In "Deutsche Rundschau" Band 67 1891. Green leather title-label and red leather tome-label to spine Small paper label pasted on to top left corner of front board. Two stamps to first leaf and one stamp to P. 476. Light wear to extremities internally very fine and clean. Pp. 357-390. Entire volume: IV 480 pp. The Exceedingly rare first and only 19th century translation of Darwin's first published work "Letters on Geology" from 1835. The pamphlet was initially published without Darwin's consent and he was "a good deal horrified" when he learned about the publication which explains the posthumous translation. The work contains extracts from ten letters written by Darwin to John Stevens Henslow 1796-1861 during his five-year voyage on the Beagle. Henslow the charismatic and well-connected Regis Professor of Botany at Cambridge was Darwin's close friend and first mentor in natural history and responsible for obtaining for Darwin his position as ship's naturalist aboard the Beagle. Henslow had this pamphlet printed without Darwin's knowledge for distribution amongst the members of the Cambridge Philosophical Society "in consequence of the interest which has been excited by some of the Geological notices which they contain and which were read at a Meeting of the Society on the 16th of November 1835" an act which secured Darwin's reputation with the scientific community even before his return to England in October 1836. "It has always been assumed that it was issued to members of the Cambridge Philosophical Society in December 1835 and this is probably so but I have not seen a copy with a dated ownership inscription or accession stamp for that year" Freeman.The original pamphlet was reprinted in facsimile in 1960 again for private circulation in the Cambridge Philosophical Society and for friends of that Society. Only two translations has been made: The present first and a Russian from 1959 Freeman 7.Freeman No. 6. hardcover
1862ref. 52388Paris Guillaumin et Cie Victor Masson et Fils 1862. 8vo. In contemporary half calf with gilt title to spine. Very light minor brownspotting to a few pages. Previous owner's name to half title. A fine copy. LXIV incl. half-title I-XXIII 24- 712. pp. and 1 folded plate between pp.160 a. 161. Fully complete. The scarce first French edition of Darwin's masterpiece one of the most important books ever printed. The "Origin" started the greatest of all intellectual revolutions in the history of Mankind.There were some difficulties with the first French edition. Mlle Royer who Darwin described as 'one of the cleverest and oddest women in Europe' and wished 'had known more of natural history' added her own footnotes. He was not really happy until the third translation by Éduard Barbier appeared in 1876. Freeman. Freeman No 655 Freeman does not mention the plate which is present here. unknown
1913ref. 55761Oporto Livraria Chardron de Lello y Irmao 1913. 8vo. Partly uncut in the original printed wrappers. Spine cracked and front hindge with repair. Wrappers with a few nicks. Half-title with previous owners names. Internally fine and clean. XVI 477 pp. The first edition in the rarely seen wrappers of the first Portuguese translation of Darwin's "Origin of Species". The comparatively late translation is partly due to the Portuguese 'Frenchism' at the time. The first French translation appeared in 1862 and was also widely circulated in Portugal. It also appears that the translator a doctor and professor who was also a Mason a self-proclaimed poet and the founder of the Spiritist Society of Portugal named Joaquim Marques Dá Mesquita Montenegro Paúl 1875-1946 used the French translation rather than the English original. This apparently led to a number of errors and mis-translations that rendered the work unfaithful to say the least. Unfortunately this translation continued to be reprinted for the rest of the century in the Portuguese speaking world oftentimes by simply changing the name of the translator for a spurious name. The first Brazilian edition in 1973 turned out to be nothing but an exact reproduction of the text of the Portuguese translation. It appears that even in the 21st century many of the purported new translations were still reprints of the first Portuguese edition. A proper translation from the English was made in 1982 but it was apparently condensed from the 6th ed. 1872. In 1985 a complete translation was published but it was based on the first ed. 1859. In 2011 and 2014 finally two different translations were published in Brazil that appear to be more legitimate which as a commentator avers see links below doesn't necessarily guarantee that they are faithful. Thus the Portuguese OSS bibliography remains murky and convoluted to this day and it appears to be a continuing saga. Therefore this late defective first translation seems to have been crucial to the understanding-or misunderstanding- of Darwin's OSS for Portuguese readers for the remainder of the century and then some.The uncertainty regarding the publication year is quite puzzling for a modern book. Freeman online gives three different numbers F743 F743a and F743b the latter being 1961 and 1990 both of which are by the same translator as the first and he gives the date "192-" and 1920 to the first. The entry in the Biblioteca Nacional de España states "1924" and two Brazilian libraries give "1900's" and the rather wide ranging "1910-1992" a Portuguese university library states "1900-80" and the Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal says "1900." The year 1925 is given to the only two copies in US libraries the American Philosophical Society and The Huntington. In the links below the commentators assign it to the year 1913 and even though they don't justify that date they seem to be quite familiar with Portuguese OSS editions in general. The date 1913 is also given by Ana Leonor Pereira in "The Reception of Darwin in Portugal 1865-1914" Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia T. 66 Fasc. 3 Evolução Ética e Cultura / Evolution Ethics and Culture 2010 pp. 643-660 which perhaps makes it more plausible As a final note the 1961 translation at the Huntington purportedly by Eduardo Fonseca is one of those spurious reprints with a made up name mentioned earlier. http://catalog.huntington.org/record=b1703473 For a few commentaries on the different editions and on various Portuguese OOS translations and purported translators see:http://observatoriodaimprensa.com.br/armazem-literario/_ed802_lendo_darwin_em_portugues/ andhttp://naogostodeplagio.blogspot.com/2009/10/miseria-pouca-e-bobagem.html Freeman 743 unknown
1846ref. NF3922The natural history of these islands is eminently curious and well deserves attention. Most of the organic productions are aboriginal creations found nowhere else; there is even a difference between the inhabitants of the different islands; yet all show a marked relationship of America though separated from that continent by a open space of ocean between 500 and 600 miles in width. The archipelago is a little world within itself or rather a satellite attached to America whence it has derived a few stray colonists and has received the general character of its indigenous productions. Considering the small size of these islands we feel The more astonished at the number of their aboriginal beings and at their confined range. Seeing every height crowned with its crater and the boundaries of most of the lava-streams still distinct we are led to believe that within a period geologically recent the unbroken ocean was here spread out. Hence both in space and time we seem to be brought somewhat near to that great fact Ð that mystery of mysteries Ð the first appearance of new beings on this earth"------Charles Darwin Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries visited during the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle round the World under the Command of Capt. FitzRoy R.N. Harper & Brothers 1846 first American edition 2 volumes some wear to the fore edge corner tips and spine extremities of both volumes exhibiting some cloth loss some ROHRSCHACH type stains to the original yellow end-papers and paste-downs the first five textual leaves in volume one exhibit an old moisture tidal mark at the base and lower area of the gutters foxing throughout the text block of both volumes volume two shows wear and missing cloth along the outer front hinge else good copies of this most important and pioneering volume. Indeed Darwin's first book. Harper & Brothers hardcover
1846ref. NF3922The natural history of these islands is eminently curious and well deserves attention. Most of the organic productions are aboriginal creations found nowhere else; there is even a difference between the inhabitants of the different islands; yet all show a marked relationship of America though separated from that continent by a open space of ocean between 500 and 600 miles in width. The archipelago is a little world within itself or rather a satellite attached to America whence it has derived a few stray colonists and has received the general character of its indigenous productions. Considering the small size of these islands we feel The more astonished at the number of their aboriginal beings and at their confined range. Seeing every height crowned with its crater and the boundaries of most of the lava-streams still distinct we are led to believe that within a period geologically recent the unbroken ocean was here spread out. Hence both in space and time we seem to be brought somewhat near to that great fact Ð that mystery of mysteries Ð the first appearance of new beings on this earth"------Charles Darwin Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries visited during the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle round the World under the Command of Capt. FitzRoy R.N. Harper & Brothers 1846 first American edition 2 volumes some wear to the fore edge corner tips and spine extremities of both volumes exhibiting some cloth loss some ROHRSCHACH type stains to the original yellow end-papers and paste-downs the first five textual leaves in volume one exhibit an old moisture tidal mark at the base and lower area of the gutters foxing throughout the text block of both volumes volume two shows wear and missing cloth along the outer front hinge else good copies of this most important and pioneering volume. Indeed Darwin's first book. Harper & Brothers hardcover books
1862ref. feb026611862. First French 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 De l'origine des espèces ou des lois du progrès chez les êtres organisés Used book For more details and availability please contact me Guillaumin und Masson hardcover
1860ref. 5280New York: D. Appleton and Company 1860. First American edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First American edition fourth issue in original year of US publication. Original cloth spine a bit faded to golden tan shelfwear to edges and corners recased with endpapers expertly renewed. Contents clean contemporary owner's signature on front endleaf. With supplement of the author's additions and alterations on pages 426-432. Garrison-Morton 220 1859 London original edition; Freeman 380 this edition. D. Appleton and Company hardcover
ref. 66330. The ship 'Beagle' is shown moored off James Island on October 17th. 1835. The topographical view is taken from the coastal sketch ordered by 2nd.Lieut. Sullivan at the time. The details of the 'Beagle' were taken from Admiralty charts and records. The artist JOHN CHANCELLOR 1925-1984 originally a merchant seaman latterly chartered his owm hydrographic survey vessel and on retirement became one of the foremost marine artists of the 20th. century. This painting of the 'Beagle' was one of his last productions - it took 500 hours of research and 750 hours at the easel is meticulous in its detail and full of atmosphere and interest. The run of 850 copies was sold out within 12 months and has been keenly sought since then. It is used on the 'Beagle Project' and the CUP 'Darwin On-Line' web-sites and is also the foundation work for the building of a replica 'Beagle'. Chancellor took considerable trouble to find the best colour printer for the work and the copy offered here is in excellent bright condition. We will of course send images on request. unknown
ref. 66329. The ship 'Beagle' is shown in rough seas off Cape Horn. The details of the 'Beagle' were taken from Admiralty charts and records. The artist JOHN CHANCELLOR 1925-1984 originally a merchant seaman latterly chartered his own hydrographic survey vessel and on retirement became one of the foremost marine artists of the 20th. century. This painting of the 'Beagle' was one of his last works published posthumously. It is meticulous in its detail and full of atmosphere and interest. For a detailed discussion of the technicalities of the two Beagle paintings by ChANCELLOR himself see http:darwin-online.org.uk. unknown
1875ref. 119518London: John Murray 1875. First edition first issue. "These meticulous studies form a minor contribution to the evolutionary series by the study of the adaptations of such plants to impoverished conditions. The book was published on 2 July 1875 in a standard binding without inserted advertisements. It is stated that 3000 were printed of which 2700 were sold to the trade at once. This cannot be strictly true because both the second and third thousands of the same year stated their thousands on the title pages" Freeman. Octavo. 30 wood-engraved illustrations in the text. Original green bead-grain cloth neatly rebacked with the original gilt lettered and decorated spine laid down corners refurbished blind-panelled covers brown coated endpapers. Attractive contemporary armorial bookplate of Alfred Crease Coxhead; only slight rubbing to extremities inner hinges cracked but sound a few leaves at the beginning with brown staining probably from a pressed flower. A particularly bright copy. Freeman 1217. hardcover
1872ref. 33920London: John Murray 1872. The Highly Important Sixth Edition with additions and corrections thirteenth thousand the last edition which Darwin lived to amend and revise. This copy with pleasing provenance the copy of Anthony Traill Provost of Trinity College Dublin. Folding lithographed diagram by W. West. 8vo publisher's original green cloth gilt lettered on the spine and blocked in blind in a panel design on the covers original brown coated endpapers all edges untrimmed. xxi 458 pp. A very fine handsome bright and unmarked copy very clean and crisp throughout unusually so. A VERY FINE BRIGHT AND PLEASING COPY OF THE RARE SIXTH EDITION OF 1872 THE GREATEST BIOLOGICAL WORK EVER WRITTEN. IT IS CONSIDERED RARE AND WAS ISSUED IN A QUANTITY NOT EXCEEDING 2000 COPIES. This edition includes an expanded version of "An Historical Sketch of the Recent Progress of Opinion on the Origin of Species" as well as a table of corrections. The Sixth Edition of 1872 consisted of 3000 copies including three states of the title page reading "Eleventh" "Twelfth" and "Thirteenth" Thousand The Sixth Edition contained a new chapter VII written to address and to refute the views certain other scientists. A glossary appears for the first time and additionally it is in this sixth edition that Darwin used for the first time the word "evolution". The word was inserted three times into the text twice on pages 201 and three times on page 424. 'This edition was extensively revised by Darwin and the new chapter VII was inserted to confute the views of the Roman Catholic biologist S. George Mivart. The title changes to THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES and a glossary appears. It is in this edition that the word 'evolution' occurs for the first time. It had been used in the first edition of THE DESCENT OF MAN in the previous year but not before in this work. 'Evolved' had bee the last word of the text in all previous editions but 'evolution' had been omitted perhaps to avoid confusion with the use of the word by Herbert Spencer or with its more particular embryological meaning. The word had however been used in its transformist sense by Lyell as early as 1832 Principles of Geology Vol. II p. 11. On the verso of the title leaf of the 1872 issues there are advertisements for nine of Darwin's works whereas the 1873 reprint has ten. It must have been in press before November 1872 when EXPRESSION OF THE EMOTIONS came out otherwise the new book would have been added. See Freeman Darwin's Revolutionary Masterwork in which he 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." PMM Together with Copernicus' DE REVOLUTIONIBUS and Newton's PRINCIPIA it is deemed one of the three greatest and most important scientific works ever penned. "The most influential scientific work of the nineteenth century" and "The most important biological work ever written" Horblit Freeman. Darwin's elaboration of the theory of natural selection laid the groundwork for the controversy over the evolution of man and with only slight modification by such scientists as Stephen Jay Gould Darwin's ideas remain the umbra under which most current biological research is conducted. Darwin had intended the book to be an abstract of his 'big book' on transmutation of which only the first part Variation Under Domestication 1868 was published in his lifetime. This copy was owned by Anthony Traill whose neat signature is found at the head of the half-title page. Traill was actively involved in politics during the 1870's and 1880's. He was an Ulster Unionist and in 1884 was appointed High Sheriff of Antrim. He was also chairman of the world's first electric tramway Portrush founded with his brother William. He was appointed Provost of Trinity College Dublin in 1904. During his time in the office he carried out many internal reforms. Traill refused to change the University's constitutional position at any time in his Provostship despite pressure. He remained the Provost until he died at the Provost's House in 1914. Anthony Traill. 1838-1914 Provost of Trinity College Dublin. LLD LLB MB MCh MD. Honorary LLD degrees from Glasgow Aberdeen and St. Andrews Dictionary of Irish Biography John Murray hardcover
1890ref. 9032323New York: D. Appleton and Co 1890. Hardcover. Very Good. Author's Edition stamped with same and faux author signature on half-title pages. One of 1000 numbered copies copyright page states "Authorized Edition." Bound in half burgundy leather with marbled boards and five raised bands spines and covers stamped in gilt marbled endpapers. Top edges gilt. Illustrated with engravings charts drawings maps photographs and geological studies including fold-outs in black and white and color. All pages clean and bright. Minor wear to corners and extremities. Includes: Animals and Plants Under Domestication I & II 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 I & II The Power of Movement in Plants The Origin of Species I & II 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. A bright and beautiful set. 5 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches. D. Appleton and Co hardcover
1868ref. 2642London: John Murray 1868. FIRST EDITION. Original Cloth. Very Good. FIRST EDITION FIRST ISSUE IN ORIGINAL CLOTH of Darwin's sequel to the Origin of Species including his first use of the term "survival of the fittest". "The Variation was a full statement of the facts on which the theories of the Origin were based. "After the Origin's publication Darwin embarked on two broad lines of research: botanical experiments and studies of variation sexual selection and emotional expressions in humans and mammals. In 1860 he began recycling the early as yet unpublished chapters of 'Natural selection' and studying the osteology of domestic pigeons ducks and geese for a book on how breeders and horticulturists modify species. This was The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication 1868. Its two volumes were intended to provide overwhelming evidence for the ubiquity of variation although they 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. 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. "The Variation also addressed a key criticism of the Origin of Species: that it lacked an adequate understanding of inheritance. Darwin's 'provisional hypothesis of pangenesis' was constructed to explain how heritable traits were passed from parents to offspring. He supposed that each part of a parent organism throws off minute particles or 'gemmules' which circulate in the body and collect in the sexual organs to be transmitted in reproduction. Because gemmules are received from two parents the offspring develop to resemble them both more or less. 'The child strictly speaking does not grow into the man but includes germs which slowly and successively become developed and form the man' Darwin Variation. "The term 'survival of the fittest' borrowed at Wallace's insistence from Herbert Spencer's 1866 Principles of Biology first appeared in the Variation. It was a partial substitute for Darwin's more anthropomorphic 'natural selection' which many critics took to imply the existence of a 'selector'. Mistaking Darwin's metaphor they concluded that intelligence lay as much behind nature's selecting as behind a pigeon fancier's. Nevertheless Darwin defended his use of 'natural selection' while conceding that he had personified it too much" Dictionary of National Biography. First issue: with 1-line publisher's imprint on cloth at base of spines 5 lines of errata in vol. I and 7 in vol. II. Complete with 32 pages of ads dated April 1867 at rear of vol. I 2 pages of ads dated February 1868 at rear of vol. II as issued and 43 in-text wood engravings. London: John Murray 1868. Octavo original cloth. Two volumes. Handsome bookplate and small bookseller's Foyle's sticker on front pastedown of each volume and neat owner signature in pencil on flyleaves. A little foxing to flyleaf and title of volume 2 otherwise text generally clean. Cloth with only a little rubbing and a few mild spots of soiling. Volume 1 possibly recased spine cloth tight against text block. Spine gilt exceptionally bright. A handsome copy in original cloth of an essential Darwin text. John Murray unknown
1890ref. 9032323New York: D. Appleton and Co 1890. Hardcover. Very Good. Author's Edition stamped with same and faux author signature on half-title pages. One of 1000 numbered copies copyright page states "Authorized Edition." Bound in half burgundy leather with marbled boards and five raised bands spines and covers stamped in gilt marbled endpapers. Top edges gilt. Illustrated with engravings charts drawings maps photographs and geological studies including fold-outs in black and white and color. All pages clean and bright. Minor wear to corners and extremities. Includes: Animals and Plants Under Domestication I & II 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 I & II The Power of Movement in Plants The Origin of Species I & II 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. A bright and beautiful set. 5 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches. D. Appleton and Co hardcover books
1868ref. 2642London: John Murray 1868. FIRST EDITION. Original Cloth. Very Good. FIRST EDITION FIRST ISSUE IN ORIGINAL CLOTH of Darwin's sequel to the Origin of Species including his first use of the term "survival of the fittest". "The Variation was a full statement of the facts on which the theories of the Origin were based. "After the Origin's publication Darwin embarked on two broad lines of research: botanical experiments and studies of variation sexual selection and emotional expressions in humans and mammals. In 1860 he began recycling the early as yet unpublished chapters of 'Natural selection' and studying the osteology of domestic pigeons ducks and geese for a book on how breeders and horticulturists modify species. This was The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication 1868. Its two volumes were intended to provide overwhelming evidence for the ubiquity of variation although they 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. 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. "The Variation also addressed a key criticism of the Origin of Species: that it lacked an adequate understanding of inheritance. Darwin's 'provisional hypothesis of pangenesis' was constructed to explain how heritable traits were passed from parents to offspring. He supposed that each part of a parent organism throws off minute particles or 'gemmules' which circulate in the body and collect in the sexual organs to be transmitted in reproduction. Because gemmules are received from two parents the offspring develop to resemble them both more or less. 'The child strictly speaking does not grow into the man but includes germs which slowly and successively become developed and form the man' Darwin Variation. "The term 'survival of the fittest' borrowed at Wallace's insistence from Herbert Spencer's 1866 Principles of Biology first appeared in the Variation. It was a partial substitute for Darwin's more anthropomorphic 'natural selection' which many critics took to imply the existence of a 'selector'. Mistaking Darwin's metaphor they concluded that intelligence lay as much behind nature's selecting as behind a pigeon fancier's. Nevertheless Darwin defended his use of 'natural selection' while conceding that he had personified it too much" Dictionary of National Biography. First issue: with 1-line publisher's imprint on cloth at base of spines 5 lines of errata in vol. I and 7 in vol. II. Complete with 32 pages of ads dated April 1867 at rear of vol. I 2 pages of ads dated February 1868 at rear of vol. II as issued and 43 in-text wood engravings. London: John Murray 1868. Octavo original cloth. Two volumes. Handsome bookplate and small bookseller's Foyle's sticker on front pastedown of each volume and neat owner signature in pencil on flyleaves. A little foxing to flyleaf and title of volume 2 otherwise text generally clean. Cloth with only a little rubbing and a few mild spots of soiling. Volume 1 possibly recased spine cloth tight against text block. Spine gilt exceptionally bright. A handsome copy in original cloth of an essential Darwin text. John Murray unknown books
1872ref. 63400St Petersburg, Suscinskiy, 1872. 8vo. In contemporary half calf. Spine with wear. title-page brownspotted and back end-paper with annotations and stamps, otherwise a fine copy. (2), (I)-III, (3), 335 pp. + with 18 plates of engravings (21 numbered) and 7 heliotype plates.
