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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
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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