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1936Best.-Nr. 54837Erevan Armenia Gosizdat 1936. 8vo. In publisher's original full cloth with title in silver lettering to spine and front board. A picture of Darwin embossed to front board. Extremities with wear and hindges weak. Spine miscoloured and remains of paperlabel to upper part of spine. First quire loose. Internally fine and clean. 2 765 pp. frontiespiece and plate with genealogical tree. The exceedingly rare first Armenian translation of Darwin's landmark work.Only two Armenian translations of 'Origin of Species' has been made. The present first a second from 1963 both translations are of the upmost scarcity. Due to the relatively low number of people speaking Armenian approximately 3 million in Armenia and 7 million outside books in Armenian were printed in comparatively low numbers. OCLC locates no copies. Freeman 630.R.B. Darwin Online F630. hardcover
1935Best.-Nr. 53497Moscow Academy of Science 1935-1959. Royal8vo. In 9 uniform full cloth bindings albeit with slightly different colours as published. All volumes with Darwin's signature "Ch. Darwin" embossed in gold to lower right corner of front board. All nine volumes with wear to spines. All nine volumes internally fine and clean no stamps or brownspotting. XLVII 1 604 4 pp. 3 folded maps.: 682 2 pp. 3 folded maps: X 2 831 1 pp. 1 folded map.: 883 1 pp.: 1040 pp. 1 folded plate.: 696 pp.: 650 pp.: 543 1 pp.: LVI 734 1 pp. The following being the collation of the papers which represent the first Russian translation of the given paper:Geologija Eskavajra Tjlena Korolevskogo obschestva i.e. 'Manual of Scientific Enquiry': Vol. 2: Pp. 613-637Usonogie raki i.e. 'Living Cirripedia': Vol. 2: Pp. 37-87Lectsii evolutsionnoi teorii i.e. 'Studies in the theory of descent': Vol. 3: p. 755.Proishozhdenie vidov putem estestvennogo otbora. i.e. 'On the tendency of species to form varieties': Pp. 239-255.Razlichnye formy tsvetov u rastenii odnogo i togo zhe vida i.e. 'The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species': Vol. 7: Pp. 31-251.Oplodotvorenie tsvetov i.e. 'Fertilisation of flowers Hermann Müller'. Vol. 6: Pp. 652-654.Zhizn Erazma Darvina i.e. 'The Life of Erasmus Darwin'. Vol. 9: Pp. 251-309. A rare complete run of Moscow's Academy of Science Journal's publication of Darwin's 'Collected Works' containing seven first Russian translations of Darwin's shorter works. -Manual of Scientific Enquiry Freeman 338 Translated by D. L. Weiss. Annotated by N. S. Shatskiï. 1935-Living Cirripedia Freeman 341 Translated by N. I. Tarasov. 1936.-Studies in the theory of descent August Weismann Freeman 1415 Translated and with notes by S. L. Sobol'. 1939.-On the tendency of species to form varieties Freeman 370 Translated by A. D. Nekrasov S. L. Solol 1939.-Different forms of flowers Freeman 1302 Translated by A. P. Il'inskiï and E. D. D'yakov 1948.-Fertilisation of flowers Hermann Müller Freeman 1433. Translated by V. A. Rybin. 1950.-Erasmus Darwin Ernst Krause Freeman 1324 Translated by V. N. Sukachev. 1959.Freeman 338 341 370 1302 1324 1415 1433 hardcover
1860Best.-Nr. 50927Stuttgart E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagshandlung und Druckerei 1860. 8vo. Bound in contemporary half calf with gilt lettering and ornamentation to spine. Small stamp and previous owner signature to title page. Leather on lower part of spine with a tear and part detached. Hinges weak but book-block firmly attached. VIII including half 520 6 pp 1 plate. The very scarce first edition of the highly important first German translation which appeared just months after the original.This translation came to play a tremendous role in the spreading of Darwinism in Germany and Northern Europe in general. It was through this translation that Darwinian thought reached most of the German scientists and thinkers of the period and it was this translation that challenged German scholars to think in new ways about morphology systematics paleontology and other biological disciplines. It was from this translation that Ernst Haeckel Darwin's most famous nineteenth-century proponent and popularizer in Germany got his Darwinism and was able to further spread the new ideas in his own country. The German translation of Darwin's "The Origin of Species" appeared in 1860 just months after the original thanks to Heinrich Georg Bronn a distinguished German paleontologist whose work in some ways paralleled Darwin's. Bronn's version of the book with his own notes and commentary appended did much to determine how Darwin's theory was understood and applied by German biologists for the translation process involved more than the mere substitution of German words for English."Its Origin of Species greatest impact on German biological practice lay in the introduction of historical modes of explanation for the observable phenomena of living nature. The historical approach to nature was rejected not only by the opponents of evolution but also by the idealist evolutionist. Whether they favored a teleological or a reductionist biology the idealists could not see the point of a theory that emphasized the irregularities and exceptions in the organic world. In the timeless real of idealist thinking unchanging laws worked out an inevitable destiny. But Darwin taught his followers to look at living beings one by one. Thus prompted they recognized as if for the first time the surprising fact of anomaly and the wisdom of an open-ended theory." Glick The Comparative Reception of Darwinism. "Darwin was not happy about the first German translation. It was done from the second English edition by H.G. Bronn who had at Darwin's suggestion added an appendix of the difficulties which occurred to him; but he had also excised bits of which he did not approve. This edition also contains the historical sketch in its shorter and earlier form." Freeman.Freeman No 672 - Freeman does not mention the lithographed plate. hardcover
1884Best.-Nr. 56005Warszawa Przegladu Tygodniowego 1884. Large8vo. In contemporary half calf. Spine with wear lacking the upper 1 cm. Small stamp to title-page. Hindges weak and back board detached from bookblock. Verso of title-page and first leaf on content. 437 1 XVI Including the plate pp. First edition of the first full Polish translation of Darwin's "Origin of Species". An attempt to publish a Polish translation was made as early as 1873. This was however never completed and only half of the work was published Freeman 739 thus making the present copy the very first full Polish translation. As seen in several other countries especially in Japan the majority of Polish intellectuals adopted a Social Darwinism perspective at a very early stage rather than appreciating the English naturalist's caution in applying his ideas to human society."Before the first translations of Darwin's appeared . many Polish intellectuals such as positivist writer Eliza Orzeszkowa 1841-1910 complained about the increasing confusion over the essence of the English naturalist's ideas which had all too often been mixed up with all sorts of ideological debates. However when Darwin's books were actually available in Polish translations the novelty of his concepts gradually wore off making room for more serious attempts to come to terms with evolutionary theory." Glick The Reception of Charles Darwin in Europe. "It appears that the struggle for or against Darwinism in partitioned Poland prefigured a pattern that is relevant for Polish thinking up to the present day: the conflict of striving for progress with the help of powerful allies abroad and of virulently rejecting all foreign advice for fear of losing one's cultural identity." Ibid.Translation was begun by Szymon Dickstein who in the processe of the translation committed suicide. It was completed by Józef Nusbaum who also translated 'The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication' in 1888.Freeman 740 unknown
Best.-Nr. 41593London : printed by W. Clowes and Sons for John Murray 1861. Third edition. Octavo original green cloth boards blocked in blind spine gilt corners rubbed a few light marks small splits to head and foot of spine hinges unobtrusively strengthened binding variant A with full point period after “MURRAY” in spine imprint tan endpapers small chip to fore edge of front free endpaper bookseller's pencilled notes verso contemporary owner's name to to half-title small owner's initial to title page pp. xix; blank 548; 2 - publisher's catalogue small ink underline folding lithographic plate by William West after Darwin a couple of clear tape reinforcements verso light pale scattered foxing one quire slightly sprung a very good copy of the third edition. The first edition of 1859 a great rarity is described in Freeman as "". the most important biological work ever written.""; Dibner "". the most important single work in science.""; Printing & the Mind of Man "". revolutionized our methods of thinking and our outlook on the natural order of things. The recognition that constant change is the order of the universe had been finally established and a vast step forward in the uniformity of nature had been taken"". The third edition of which 2000 copies were printed contains substantial revisions by Darwin unlike the second edition which was essentially a reprint of the first. The third edition 'was extensively altered and is of interest for the addition of a table of differences between it and the second edition a table which occurs in each subsequent edition and also for the addition of the historical sketch. which was written to satisfy complaints that Darwin had not sufficiently considered his predecessors in the general theory of evolution. there is also a postscript on page xii. concerning a review of the earlier editions by Asa Gray' Freeman p. 78. A very good example. Freeman 381 binding variant A with full point period after “MURRAY” in spine imprint. Â hardcover
Best.-Nr. 015961London: John Murray; Smith Elder Sixteen volumes uniformly bound. SIGNED BINDINGS BY ZAEHNSDORF BINDERY. The Zaehnsdorf Bindery was one of the leading binders in England founded in 1842 sold in 1947. This set was bound in the early 1900's. All volumes have been rebacked by master binders at Green Dragon Bindery in Shrewsbury MA. Some gutters re-inforced with contemporary papers. Spines are designed in gilt and red titled in gilt. Blue marbled paper-covered boards. Marbled endpapers. Book-plate of IRVING FISHER on pastedown of each volume. Fisher 1867-1947 was an American mathematical economist inventor and eugenicist. Top edges gilt. Crisp and clean throughout. All volumes have been collated complete. One book "A Naturalist's Journal." has a larger format demi octavo. The books and printing details are listed below. Please see photos. 1 "The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection" sixth edition 34th thousand John Murray 1890 two volumes; 2 "The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex" second edition 22nd thousand John Murray 1888 two volumes; 3 "The Various Contrivances By Which Orchids are Fertilised by Insects" second edition fifth thousand John Murray 1890; 4 "The Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom" third edition John Murray 1891; 5 "The Formation of Vegetable Mould Through the Action of Worms" eleventh thousand John Murray 1888; 6 "The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals" second edition edited by Francis Darwin John Murray 1890; 7 "The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication" second edition seventh thousand two volumes John Murray 1890; 8 "Geological Observations on the Volcanic Islands and Parts of South America Visited During the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle" third edition Smith and Elder 1891; 9 "Insectivorous Plants" second edition John Murray 1888; 10 "The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs" third edition Smith and Elder 1889; 11 "The Movements and Habits of Climbing Plants" fifth thousand John Murray 1891; 12 "The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species" third thousand John Murray 1888; 13 "Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries Visited During the Voyage Round the World of H.M.S. Beagle Under the Command of Captain Fitz Roy" new edition 1890. An unusual and likely "one-of-a- kind" collection of Darwin works including the classics "Origin of Species" and "Descent of Man". Charles Darwin1809-1882 was a noted English naturalist geologist biologist widely-respected for his contributions to evolutionary biology. He in interred in Westminster Abbet not far from Sir Isaac Newton. Please see photo. The association with the eugenicist Irving Fisher book-plates adds interest to the set. Postage will be higher due to the size of the collection. . Multiple Editions. 1/2 Cobalt Blue Morocco. Minor Edge and Corner Wear/No Dust Jackets. Crown Octavo. John Murray; Smith, Elder Hardcover
1860Best.-Nr. 033209New York: D. Appleton & Co 1860. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First American Edition. 432pp. First American edition first issue with two quotes opposite the title page.Gilt lettering on the spine is darkened. Spine professionally rebacked the original spine present. Bound in pebbled brown cloth brown endpapers and the foldout chart is present and in excellent condition. The corners of the front panel show moderate wear. Prev. owner's name in pencil on the front free endpaper and the title page. The hinges are tight and the text block is clean. Overall a very well preserved copy of this classic work. Darwins theory argued that organisms gradually evolve through a process he called natural selection. In natural selection organisms with genetic variations that suit their environment tend to propagate more descendants than organisms of the same species that lack the variation thus influencing the overall genetic makeup of the species. Size: Octavo. D. Appleton & Co Hardcover
Best.-Nr. 015961London: John Murray; Smith Elder Sixteen volumes uniformly bound. SIGNED BINDINGS BY ZAEHNSDORF BINDERY. The Zaehnsdorf Bindery was one of the leading binders in England founded in 1842 sold in 1947. This set was bound in the early 1900's. All volumes have been rebacked by master binders at Green Dragon Bindery in Shrewsbury MA. Some gutters re-inforced with contemporary papers. Spines are designed in gilt and red titled in gilt. Blue marbled paper-covered boards. Marbled endpapers. Book-plate of IRVING FISHER on pastedown of each volume. Fisher 1867-1947 was an American mathematical economist inventor and eugenicist. Top edges gilt. Crisp and clean throughout. All volumes have been collated complete. One book "A Naturalist's Journal." has a larger format demi octavo. The books and printing details are listed below. Please see photos. 1 "The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection" sixth edition 34th thousand John Murray 1890 two volumes; 2 "The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex" second edition 22nd thousand John Murray 1888 two volumes; 3 "The Various Contrivances By Which Orchids are Fertilised by Insects" second edition fifth thousand John Murray 1890; 4 "The Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom" third edition John Murray 1891; 5 "The Formation of Vegetable Mould Through the Action of Worms" eleventh thousand John Murray 1888; 6 "The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals" second edition edited by Francis Darwin John Murray 1890; 7 "The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication" second edition seventh thousand two volumes John Murray 1890; 8 "Geological Observations on the Volcanic Islands and Parts of South America Visited During the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle" third edition Smith and Elder 1891; 9 "Insectivorous Plants" second edition John Murray 1888; 10 "The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs" third edition Smith and Elder 1889; 11 "The Movements and Habits of Climbing Plants" fifth thousand John Murray 1891; 12 "The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species" third thousand John Murray 1888; 13 "Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries Visited During the Voyage Round the World of H.M.S. Beagle Under the Command of Captain Fitz Roy" new edition 1890. An unusual and likely "one-of-a- kind" collection of Darwin works including the classics "Origin of Species" and "Descent of Man". Charles Darwin1809-1882 was a noted English naturalist geologist biologist widely-respected for his contributions to evolutionary biology. He in interred in Westminster Abbet not far from Sir Isaac Newton. Please see photo. The association with the eugenicist Irving Fisher book-plates adds interest to the set. Postage will be higher due to the size of the collection. . Multiple Editions. 1/2 Cobalt Blue Morocco. Minor Edge and Corner Wear/No Dust Jackets. Crown Octavo. John Murray; Smith, Elder Hardcover books
1891Best.-Nr. feb026731891. First German Edition of Letters on Geology. Extract from Deutsche Rundschau Used book For more details and availability please contact me E. Schweizerbartsche Verlagshandlung
1936Best.-Nr. feb026321936. First Armenian 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 ÕÕ¥Õ½Õ¡Õ¯Õ¶Õ¥Ö€Õ« ծագումը բնական ընտրության Õ´Õ«Õ»Õ¸ÖÕ¸Õ¾ կամ ընտրյալ ÖÕ¥Õ²Õ¥Ö€Õ« պահպանումը գոյության կռվում Used book For more details and availability please contact me SSR Armenia
1871Best.-Nr. 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
Best.-Nr. 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
Best.-Nr. 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
1876Best.-Nr. 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
1862Best.-Nr. 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).
1862Best.-Nr. 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
1860Best.-Nr. 023046London: John Murray 1860. Second edition fifth thousand. Octavo pp x 502 32 page publisher's catalogue dated January 1860 slight age-toning and very slight occasional foxing several lightly creased corners a small marginal tear to page 13/14 the folding plate at page 117 is a little foxed but one part of the three sections is now detached and frayed at the bottom edge the hinge following page 120 is widely cracked but no looseness the front free endpaper very slightly marked the front hinge beginning to crack but no weakness the front paste-down endpaper has two early signatures - James Sharp and E. Byres of Claremont House Balham original green cloth the corners very slightly bruised very slight rubbing the spine slightly dull the spine head slightly pulled and similarly so at the base but with one small tear. Freeman 376 variant a . Second edition. Cloth. Good. John Murray Hardcover
1896Best.-Nr. 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 half-tone 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
1871Best.-Nr. 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
1860Best.-Nr. 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
1871Best.-Nr. 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
1860Best.-Nr. 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
1865Best.-Nr. 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
1892Best.-Nr. 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
1871Best.-Nr. 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
