DARWIN, Charles. The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication, London: John Murray, 1868, 2 volumes, 8°, FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, first volume with pp.32 advertisements dated April 1867, second volume with one leaf of advertisments dated February 1868, original green cloth (inner hinges broken, accession number pasted onto spines, gilt library stamp on upper covers) [Freeman 877; Norman 597] Provenance: JCL; and 5 other volumes relating to Darwin. (7)

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DARWIN, Charles. The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication, London: John Murray, 1868, 2 volumes, 8°, FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, first volume with pp.32 advertisements dated April 1867, second volume with one leaf of advertisments dated February 1868, original green cloth (inner hinges broken, accession number pasted onto spines, gilt library stamp on upper covers) [Freeman 877; Norman 597] Provenance: JCL; and 5 other volumes relating to Darwin. (7)

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Containing Darwin's hypothesis of pangenesis in which he tried to explain hereditary characteristics and resemblence.

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