Fine Autograph Letters and Manuscripts from a Distinguished Private Collection: Part II | Music, Americana, English and Continental Literature

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DARWIN, CHARLES. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED TO PROFESSOR ADAM SEDGWICK

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  • A highly important autograph letter signed to professor Adam Sedgwick, Darwin's former professor, and an opponent of the theory of evolution by means of natural selection
2 pages (4 1/2 x 7 3/16 in.; 114 x 183 mm) on paper, single sheet folded, written in black ink. Down, Bromley, Kent, dated "Nov. 11th [1859]", signed ("Charles Darwin"); minor dampstaining.