DARWIN, Charles. Geological Observations on South America...Being the Third Part of the Geology of the Voyage of the Beagle...during the years 1832 to 1836. London, 1846.

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DARWIN, Charles. Geological Observations on South America...Being the Third Part of the Geology of the Voyage of the Beagle...during the years 1832 to 1836. London, 1846.

8o (221 x 136 mm). Engraved folding frontispiece map, 5 folding plates (some light foxing), illustrations in text. Original green cloth.

FIRST EDITION, possibly an early issue: "The Norman copy's uncolored plate, coupled with its variant green binding, strongly suggest a prior issue" (Norman). The third volume of this series on the geology of South America appears less frequently than the first two. Freeman 273; Palau 68542; Norman 587.