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DARWIN, Charles (1809-1882). On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection ... Fifth Thousand. London: John Murray, 1860. 8° in 12s (198 x 123mm). Half-title, folding lithographic plate, 32pp. of publisher's advertisements at end. (Spotted, short marginal tear.) Original green cloth, gilt spine by Edmonds and Remnants, with ticket at end (short tear at head of spine, light splits at hinges and within text block). Provenance: Edward Freestone, solicitor of Norwich (c.1874; lived at South Elmham, brother-in-law of the botanist John Lindley; inscription, one pencil note, note at end on Henshaw discussing variation) -- Baron Nathaniel Lindley (1828-1921; son of John Lindley and nephew of Freestone; armorial bookplate).
DARWIN, Charles (1809-1882). On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection ... Fifth Thousand. London: John Murray, 1860. 8° in 12s (198 x 123mm). Half-title, folding lithographic plate, 32pp. of publisher's advertisements at end. (Spotted, short marginal tear.) Original green cloth, gilt spine by Edmonds and Remnants, with ticket at end (short tear at head of spine, light splits at hinges and within text block). Provenance: Edward Freestone, solicitor of Norwich (c.1874; lived at South Elmham, brother-in-law of the botanist John Lindley; inscription, one pencil note, note at end on Henshaw discussing variation) -- Baron Nathaniel Lindley (1828-1921; son of John Lindley and nephew of Freestone; armorial bookplate).

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DARWIN, Charles (1809-1882). On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection ... Fifth Thousand. London: John Murray, 1860. 8° in 12s (198 x 123mm). Half-title, folding lithographic plate, 32pp. of publisher's advertisements at end. (Spotted, short marginal tear.) Original green cloth, gilt spine by Edmonds and Remnants, with ticket at end (short tear at head of spine, light splits at hinges and within text block). Provenance: Edward Freestone, solicitor of Norwich (c.1874; lived at South Elmham, brother-in-law of the botanist John Lindley; inscription, one pencil note, note at end on Henshaw discussing variation) -- Baron Nathaniel Lindley (1828-1921; son of John Lindley and nephew of Freestone; armorial bookplate).

Second edition, second issue. Three thousand copies were printed - the largest printing of any edition or issue in Darwin's lifetime - and is the last English edition to contain the whale-bear story. Freeman 376.