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Darwin, Charles
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8,000 - 12,000 USD
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Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of his Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836, describing their Examination of the Southern Shores of South America, and the Beagle's Circumnavigation of the Globe. London: Henry Colburn, 1839
4 volumes (volumes 1-3 and appendix to volume 2), 8vo (8 5/8 x 5 1/2 in.; 219 x 140 mm). Half-title in volumes 4, 48 engraved plates of which 1 is a folding map,addenda leaf at end of vol. 2; lacking the 8 folding pocket maps, some occasional damp or other staining, most severe at beginning of vol. 4, bookplate in each vol. Nineteenth-century half calf over marbled boards, endpapers and edges marbled en suite; quite rubbed.
4 volumes (volumes 1-3 and appendix to volume 2), 8vo (8 5/8 x 5 1/2 in.; 219 x 140 mm). Half-title in volumes 4, 48 engraved plates of which 1 is a folding map,addenda leaf at end of vol. 2; lacking the 8 folding pocket maps, some occasional damp or other staining, most severe at beginning of vol. 4, bookplate in each vol. Nineteenth-century half calf over marbled boards, endpapers and edges marbled en suite; quite rubbed.
Literature
Freeman 10; Borba de Moraes p.247; Sabin 37826
Catalogue Note
First edition. The third volume (Journal of Researches into the Geology and Natural History of the Various Countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle) is Darwin's first published book, describing much of the fieldwork that ultimately led On the Origin of Species.