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DARWIN, Charles (1809-1882). The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals. London: John Murray, 1872.
8o (182 x 119 mm). 7 heliotype plates by O.G. Rejlander (3 folding), numerous illustrations in text (some plates lightly dampstained). (Recased, some marginal dampstaining and smoke damage at edges, a few text leaves stained.) Original green cloth (some staining at edges); cloth folding case. Provenance: George Warde Norman (1793-1882), a director of the Bank of England from 1821 to 1872, and friend and correspondent of Darwin (presentation inscription from the author on the front flyleaf: "From the Author with Kindest Regards," and the bookplate of the recipient).
FIRST EDITION, Freeman's First Issue (but with photographic plates numbered in Roman). PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED IN DARWIN'S HAND. "With this book Darwin founded the study of ethology (animal behavior) and conveyance of information (communication theory) and made a major contribution to psychology" (DSB). The work contains studies of facial and other types of expression in man and mammals, and their relationship to various emotions. "This is an important member of the evolutionary set, and it was written, in part at least, as a confutation of the idea that the facial muscles of expression in man were a special endowment" (Freeman). The Norman copy (as well as other presentation copies) has its plates numbered in roman instead of arabic, contradicting Freeman's priority of arabic numbered plates: since this copy was one of those specially prepared for presentation by having its edges trimmed by the binder, it is most likely that Darwin would have presented copies from the earlier issue. Freeman 1151; Garrison-Morton 4975; Norman 600.
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FIRST EDITION, Freeman's First Issue (but with photographic plates numbered in Roman). PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED IN DARWIN'S HAND. "With this book Darwin founded the study of ethology (animal behavior) and conveyance of information (communication theory) and made a major contribution to psychology" (DSB). The work contains studies of facial and other types of expression in man and mammals, and their relationship to various emotions. "This is an important member of the evolutionary set, and it was written, in part at least, as a confutation of the idea that the facial muscles of expression in man were a special endowment" (Freeman). The Norman copy (as well as other presentation copies) has its plates numbered in roman instead of arabic, contradicting Freeman's priority of arabic numbered plates: since this copy was one of those specially prepared for presentation by having its edges trimmed by the binder, it is most likely that Darwin would have presented copies from the earlier issue. Freeman 1151; Garrison-Morton 4975; Norman 600.