Lot 245
Darwin (Charles) The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication, first edition, first issue, John Murray, 1868
Hammer Price: £1,200
Description
Darwin (Charles) The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication, first edition, first issue with 5 errata (in 6 lines) on page vi of vol. I, 9 errata (in 7 lines) on page viii of vol. II, 32 pp. publisher's advertisements dated April 1867 at rear of Volume I, 2 pp. publisher's advertisements dated February 1868 at rear of Volume II, wood-engraved illustrations, light spotting to endpapers and prelims, ink ownership inscriptions to front free endpapers, bookplate to front pastedown, dark green coated endpapers, original green cloth, spines a little darkened, neatly and expertly recased, [Freeman 877], neat repairs to spine ends, in effect an excellent example, 8vo, John Murray, 1868.
⁂ The first appearance of the phrase 'survival of the fittest' in any of Darwin's works.
Description
Darwin (Charles) The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication, first edition, first issue with 5 errata (in 6 lines) on page vi of vol. I, 9 errata (in 7 lines) on page viii of vol. II, 32 pp. publisher's advertisements dated April 1867 at rear of Volume I, 2 pp. publisher's advertisements dated February 1868 at rear of Volume II, wood-engraved illustrations, light spotting to endpapers and prelims, ink ownership inscriptions to front free endpapers, bookplate to front pastedown, dark green coated endpapers, original green cloth, spines a little darkened, neatly and expertly recased, [Freeman 877], neat repairs to spine ends, in effect an excellent example, 8vo, John Murray, 1868.
⁂ The first appearance of the phrase 'survival of the fittest' in any of Darwin's works.
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