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DARWIN, Charles (1809-1882), editor. The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, under the Command of Captain Fitzroy, R.N., during the years 1832 to 1836. London: Smith, Elder and Co., [1838-] 1839-1843.
Five parts in 3 volumes, 4o (309 x 247 mm). 166 mostly lithographed plates (including one folding and 2 double-page), comprising 82 hand-colored, 81 uncolored lithographs and 3 uncolored engravings (folding plate with two tears, occasional foxing mostly to uncolored plates). Contents: Part I, Richard Owen, Fossil Mammalia, 32 plates (including one folding and 2 double-page); Part II, George R. Waterhouse, Mammalia, 35 plates (32 colored); Part III, John Gould [and G.R. Gray], Birds, 50 colored plates; Part IV, Leonard Jenyns, Fish, 29 plates; Part V, Thomas Bell, Reptiles, 20 plates. Contemporary half plum morocco, spines gilt, t.e.g., others uncut (extremities slightly rubbed).
FIRST EDITION. Originally published in nineteen numbers between February 1838 and October 1843, the Zoology of the Beagle includes several contributions by Darwin. Apart from the geological introductions to the first and second parts "he also contributed notices of habits and ranges throughout the text of Mammalia and Birds, and there are frequent notes, mostly from his labels, in the text of the Fish and the Reptiles" (Freeman). The third part, Birds, was completed by George Robert Gray (with Darwin's assistance) after John Gould's departure for Australia in 1838. The fifty unsigned hand-colored lithographs in this part are by John and Elizabeth Gould. Of all Gould's works, "this volume is thought to be the only one in which all the lithographs are entirely the work of Mr. and Mrs. Gould" (Jackson, p. 45). Ayer-Zimmer, pp. 157-59; Copenhagen-Anker 175; Ellis-Mengel 622; Freeman 9; Jackson Lithography, pp. 45 and 57; McGill-Wood 310; Nissen IVB 384 and ZBI 1391; Norman 586. (3)
Five parts in 3 volumes, 4
FIRST EDITION. Originally published in nineteen numbers between February 1838 and October 1843, the Zoology of the Beagle includes several contributions by Darwin. Apart from the geological introductions to the first and second parts "he also contributed notices of habits and ranges throughout the text of Mammalia and Birds, and there are frequent notes, mostly from his labels, in the text of the Fish and the Reptiles" (Freeman). The third part, Birds, was completed by George Robert Gray (with Darwin's assistance) after John Gould's departure for Australia in 1838. The fifty unsigned hand-colored lithographs in this part are by John and Elizabeth Gould. Of all Gould's works, "this volume is thought to be the only one in which all the lithographs are entirely the work of Mr. and Mrs. Gould" (Jackson, p. 45). Ayer-Zimmer, pp. 157-59; Copenhagen-Anker 175; Ellis-Mengel 622; Freeman 9; Jackson Lithography, pp. 45 and 57; McGill-Wood 310; Nissen IVB 384 and ZBI 1391; Norman 586. (3)