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THE POWER OF MOVEMENT IN PLANTS.
1880réf. 1813London: John Murray. 1880. First edition first issue distinguished by the presence of two lines of errata on p. x which are corrected in the second issue of the same year. Octavo. Publisher's original green cloth the boards panelled in blind the spine with titles in gilt. Page edges untrimmed. Brown coated endpapers. Contemporary bookseller's ticket for Maclehose of Glasgow to the front pastedown. Illustrated with 196 woodcuts in text. pp. x 592 32pp. publisher's catalogue dated May 1878 to the rear. Contemporary ink ownership signature of "St. John V. Day" St. John Vincent Day to the head of the title page. A very good copy the binding firm albeit with a little cracking to the hinges a couple of minor nicks to the centre of the upper joint a touch of rubbing to the joints a little loss to the gilt at the head of the spine and a minor mark to the spine. The contents with some light foxing and occasional finger-marking to the preliminary pages and with pp.25-28 and pp.274-275 roughly opened with attendant small tears and a little loss to the blank upper corner of one page are otherwise in very good order. The first edition first printing of Charles Darwin's penultimate book forming a continuation of his experiments regarding the movements of climbing plants and their responses to external stimuli. Written with the assistance of his son the botanist Francis Darwin the work examines the processes of individual plants as a means to elucidate the general principles governing their growth and life. This initial printing formed around 1500 copies and was quickly sold out with a second issue printed within two months. The present copy belonged to St. John Vincent Day a consulting engineer based in Glasgow during the 1870s-1890s; a fellow of the Royal Society of Engineers he was the author of numerous works on the history of engineering particularly regarding the use of various natural resources in the construction of buildings in the ancient world. Freeman 916. London: John Murray. hardcover
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