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DARWIN, Charles (1809-1882). On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. London: W. Clowes and Sons for John Murray, 1859.
8o in twelves (198 x 122 mm). Half-title. Folding lithographic diagram, publisher's advertisements dated June 1859 (Freemant variant 3, no priority). Original publisher's green cloth (Freeman binding variant b, no priority), covers decorated in blind, spine gilt-decorated (extremities slightly rubbed, spine very slightly dulled, hinges tightened, otherwise fine); cloth chemise.
FIRST EDITION OF "THE MOST INFLUENTIAL SCIENTIFIC WORK OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. Its publication aroused world-wide criticism and controversy, both religious and scientific" (Grolier/Horblit). The whole edition of 1250 copies was sold on the day of publication. Though the work was initially prompted by observations, made during his travels aboard the Beagle from 1831 to 1836, of the biology and geology of isolated islands, Darwin spent nearly 25 years after his return to England accumulating evidence and considering his theory before publishing. Dibner Heralds of Science 199; Freeman 373; Garrison-Morton-Norman 220; Grolier/Horblit 23b; Grolier English 96; Grolier Medicine 70B; Norman 593; PMM 344b.
8o in twelves (198 x 122 mm). Half-title. Folding lithographic diagram, publisher's advertisements dated June 1859 (Freemant variant 3, no priority). Original publisher's green cloth (Freeman binding variant b, no priority), covers decorated in blind, spine gilt-decorated (extremities slightly rubbed, spine very slightly dulled, hinges tightened, otherwise fine); cloth chemise.
FIRST EDITION OF "THE MOST INFLUENTIAL SCIENTIFIC WORK OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. Its publication aroused world-wide criticism and controversy, both religious and scientific" (Grolier/Horblit). The whole edition of 1250 copies was sold on the day of publication. Though the work was initially prompted by observations, made during his travels aboard the Beagle from 1831 to 1836, of the biology and geology of isolated islands, Darwin spent nearly 25 years after his return to England accumulating evidence and considering his theory before publishing. Dibner Heralds of Science 199; Freeman 373; Garrison-Morton-Norman 220; Grolier/Horblit 23b; Grolier English 96; Grolier Medicine 70B; Norman 593; PMM 344b.