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Darwin Charles

The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. [Sixth Edition], Thirtieth Thousand. REMARKABLY BRIGHT, FRESH COPY

John Murray, 1886

1104.00 €

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(Devon, United Kingdom)

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Year of publication
1886
Author
Darwin Charles
Publishers
John Murray
Keyword
natural history, darwin, charles darwin, darwinism, origin of species, evolution, genetics
Languages
English

Description

8vo., Sixth Edition, Thirtieth Thousand, with folding diagram, neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; original green cloth, boards with Oxford frame in blind, gilt back, chocolate endpapers, uncut, a remarkably bright, fresh, firm copy. The sixth edition is the last published in Darwin's lifetime and contains his final major corrections and revisions. It is the first edition with the title The Origin of Species, and includes among many other revisions a new chapter inserted to confute the views of the Catholic biologist St. George Mivart. There is a glossary, and the word 'evolution' is used in the text for the first time. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Freeman 423.
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