Lot 262
  • 262

Darwin, Charles

Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 GBP
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Description

  • Darwin, Charles
  • A Monograph of the Sub-class Cirripedia, with figures of all the species. Printed for the Ray Society, 1851-1854
  • Darwin, Charles
  • Printed Book
8vo, 2 volumes, FIRST EDITION, 40 engraved plates, 3 hand-coloured, 2 further plates at beginning of each volume (both marked [p.]3*, one folding), a few illustrations, modern calf-backed boards, small ink-stain on title of vol.2

Provenance

Haverhill Public Library, discreet blind-stamped library stamps

Literature

Freeman 339; Grolier Club, Darwin (2004), p.16

Condition

the condition of this lot is as described in the catalogue description
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Catalogue Note

Published as nos. 21 and 25 of the Ray Society, this is Darwin's only contribution to formal taxonomy, probably printed in about 800 copies.