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Darwin

THE LIFE AND LETTERS OF CHARLES DARWIN, Including An Autobiographical Chapter. Edited by His Son, Francis Darwin

John Murray, 1887

825,00 €

Buddenbrooks Inc.

(Newburyport, Stati Uniti d'America)

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Anno di pubblicazione
1887
Luogo di stampa
London
Autore
Darwin
Editori
John Murray

Descrizione

3 volumes. An early printing, published in the year of the first edition. With seven illustrations, including three portraits. Tall 8vo, publisher's original pale grey-green cloth gilt lettered on the spines. [x], 395, [1]; [iii], 393, [1]; [iv], 418, [1] pp. A clean and pleasing set with light evidence of age or use.

Edizione: an important work. this is the first and basic life of darwin. it contains the first version of darwin's autobiography, which was edited to avoid giving offense to his widow (the full text was not published in english until 1958). the letters were selected with a more personal rather than scientific bias, with particular emphasis on the period during which darwin was writing and preparing for publication his origin of species. there is particular emphasis on the period during which darwin was writing and preparing for publication of his origin of species.
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