Lot 218
Darwin (Charles).- [Early review of The Voyage of the Beagle], in The London Quarterly Review, vol. 64, 1839
Hammer Price: £450
Description
Darwin (Charles).- [Early review of The Voyage of the Beagle], in The London Quarterly Review, vol. 64, pp.194-234, occasional light foxing or toning, bookplate to front pastedown, later half calf, rubbed and scuffed, chipping to head of spine, 8vo, 1839.
⁂ "One of the most interesting narratives of voyaging that it has fallen to our lot to take up, and one which must always occupy a distinguished place in the history of scientific navigation... It is up to the science of the day, and, in some instances, beyond it."
An early (possibly the first) review of The Voyage of the Beagle and Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of H.M.S. Adventure and Beagle.
Description
Darwin (Charles).- [Early review of The Voyage of the Beagle], in The London Quarterly Review, vol. 64, pp.194-234, occasional light foxing or toning, bookplate to front pastedown, later half calf, rubbed and scuffed, chipping to head of spine, 8vo, 1839.
⁂ "One of the most interesting narratives of voyaging that it has fallen to our lot to take up, and one which must always occupy a distinguished place in the history of scientific navigation... It is up to the science of the day, and, in some instances, beyond it."
An early (possibly the first) review of The Voyage of the Beagle and Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of H.M.S. Adventure and Beagle.