Lot 346
  • 346

Lyell, Charles

Estimate
500 - 700 GBP
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Description

  • The Geological Evidences of The Antiquity of Man, with remarks on theories of the origin of species by variation. John Murray, 1863
  • Lyell, Charles
  • Printed Books
8vo, FIRST EDITION, second issue (with appendix), PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed "Lady Bell with the author's kind regards", half-title, 2 plates, illustrations, appendix at end, 32pp. advertisements dated January 1863 at end, original green embossed cloth

Provenance

Lady Bell, presentation inscription; Jeremy Norman, his sale, Sotheby's London, 11 December 1992, lot 283

Condition

a good copy
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