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Darwin, Charles

On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life.

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London: John Murray, 1859. First edition.
First edition, with the two quotations on p.[ii], the 32 pp. catalogue at the rear dated June 1859, in binding variant a. ix,502pp., folding diagram, +32pp. publisher's catalogue. Publisher's blind-stamped green cloth binding with gilt lettering and decoration on spine. 20.7x13.1cm.
Some minor ink splodges to the rear board. Half title page and title page light soiled. Red pencil underlined to 4 lines of page vi, and small ink mark to page ix.
This is a handsome copy that has been carefully and sensitively restored:
Some leaves and the folding table have been almost invisibly reenforced at the inside edge (see p.183/4 for an example), and a few other leaves have some short or shallow paper repairs at edges (see pp.41-44, 201-208). After further repairs to the endpapers, fly leaves, half-title, and title page, the bookblock was skillfully recased. It is now a sound and attractive copy.
One of the most important books ever published.
Controversial and influential since its release, this is Darwin’s greatest work. The whole edition of 1250 copies was sold on the day of publication. Garrison considered this "the most wonderful piece of synthesis in the history of science."
(Freeman 373; Hairs of Hippocrates 1724; Garrison Morton 220; Waller 10876).

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