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DARWIN, Charles (1809-1882). The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex. London: John Murray, 1871.
2 volumes, 8o (191 x 125 mm). Numerous illustrations in text. Original green cloth, gilt-decorated on spines (hinges and text block cracked in vol. 1, minor wear to extremities); cloth slipcase. Provenance: C.W. Faber (signature on preliminaries dated 1871); R. Rutson James (bookplates).
FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. In The Descent of Man, Darwin "compared man's physical and psychological characteristics to similar traits in apes and other animals, showing how even man's mind and moral sense could have developed through evolutionary processes" (Norman). Freeman 937; Garrison-Morton 170; Norman 599. (2)
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FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. In The Descent of Man, Darwin "compared man's physical and psychological characteristics to similar traits in apes and other animals, showing how even man's mind and moral sense could have developed through evolutionary processes" (Norman). Freeman 937; Garrison-Morton 170; Norman 599. (2)