Darwin, CharlesBiblio.com
DARWIN, CharlesBiblio.com
The Origin of Species. with The Various Contrivances by which Orchids are Fertilised by Insects with The Descent of Man. and Insectivorous Plants
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
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