Lot 263
  • 263

Darwin, Charles

Estimate
500 - 700 GBP
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Description

  • Darwin, Charles
  • A Monograph of the Fossil Lepadidae. Printed for the Palaeontographical Society, 1851; A Monograph of the Fossil Balanidae and Verrucidae. Ibid., 1854[-1858]
  • Darwin, Charles
  • Printed Book
4to, 2 works bound in one volume, FIRST EDITIONS, 7 plates (5+2), 2pp. index to second work (not published until 1858), modern cloth, index leaf slightly shorter and slightly worn at edge, spine very slightly faded

Literature

Freeman 342

Condition

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