Lot 216
Darwin (Charles) [On the Origin of Species], first translation into Bulgarian, Vidin, 1905; bound with [The Descent of Man], 1906
Hammer Price: £400
Description
Darwin (Charles) [On the Origin of Species], first translation into Bulgarian, Vidin, Lozanov and Dukemedjiev Printing House, 1905; bound with [The Descent of Man], 2 vol. in 1, Vidin, 1906, portrait to first work, illustrations to second, broken with a few leaves working loose, ink inscriptions to first title, later leather-backed cloth, rubbed, 8vo
⁂ Rare first translation of Origin of Species into Bulgarian, from the sixth London edition, by M. Fiampova and I.H.A. Timiryazova. Freeman [632] cites the earliest Bulgarian edition as 1946; and the earliest of Descent of Man [1047] as 1927.
Description
Darwin (Charles) [On the Origin of Species], first translation into Bulgarian, Vidin, Lozanov and Dukemedjiev Printing House, 1905; bound with [The Descent of Man], 2 vol. in 1, Vidin, 1906, portrait to first work, illustrations to second, broken with a few leaves working loose, ink inscriptions to first title, later leather-backed cloth, rubbed, 8vo
⁂ Rare first translation of Origin of Species into Bulgarian, from the sixth London edition, by M. Fiampova and I.H.A. Timiryazova. Freeman [632] cites the earliest Bulgarian edition as 1946; and the earliest of Descent of Man [1047] as 1927.