Lot 288
  • 288

Darwin, Charles

Estimate
1,500 - 2,500 GBP
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Description

  • Darwin, Charles
  • The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex. John Murray, 1871
  • Darwin, Charles
  • Printed Book
8vo, 2 volumes, FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE (with p. 297 vol.1 beginning "transmitted", and errata on verso of title of vol.2), half-titles, illustrations, "postscript" leaf tipped in after p.viii in vol.2, 16pp. advertisements dated January 1871 at end of vol.1 and 2, original cloth, hinges weak or broken, binding slightly rubbed

Provenance

Brighton Public Library, blind-stamp on titles (but with signed manuscript note on verso stating "this book has been stamped in error")

Literature

Freeman 937; Norman 599

Condition

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

The word "evolution" occurs for the first time in any of Darwin's works in The Descent of Man.