Lot 293
  • 293

Darwin, Charles

Estimate
500 - 700 GBP
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Description

  • Darwin, Charles
  • Two editions of Insectivorous Plants, comprising:
  • paper
i) Insectivorous Plants. John Murray, 1875, 8vo, FIRST EDITION, half-title, illustrations by Darwin and his sons, original green cloth, ruled in blind, lettered in gilt on spine, some light rubbing to binding, newspaper clipping pasted to front endpapers;

ii) Insectivorous Plants. John Murray, 1888, 8vo, second edition "revised by Francis Darwin", half-title, illustrations, original green cloth, ruled in blind, lettered in gilt on spine, ALMOST ENTIRELY UNOPENED, some light spotting to versos of endpapers

Provenance

i) J-- [?] MacDougall, ownership signature on half title dated 1876; The MacDougall Library, Coldingham, bookplate (cancelled)

Literature

i) Freeman 1217; Norman 601; ii) Freeman 1225

Condition


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