Lot 247
Darwin (Charles) The Descent of Man, 2 vol., first edition, first issue, John Murray, 1871.
Hammer Price: £850
Description
Darwin (Charles) The Descent of Man, 2 vol., first edition, first issue with "transmitted at start of vol. 1 p.297 and errata to vol. 2 title verso, half-titles, illustrations, 16pp. advertisements at end of both vol., pp.65-96 detaching at gutter, the odd spot, corner creases to one or two pp., original green cloth, spines gilt, vol. 1 upper cover and backstrip detached, spines slightly darkened, a little rubbed, small nick to head of spine, extremities slightly worn, [Freeman 937], 8vo, John Murray, 1871.
⁂ The first appearance of the word 'evolution' in any of Darwin's works.
In The Descent of Man Darwin 'compared man's physical and psychological characteristics to similar traits in apes and other animals, showing how even man's mind and moral sense could have developed through evolutionary processes' (Norman). This set bears all the first issue points as called for by Freeman.
Description
Darwin (Charles) The Descent of Man, 2 vol., first edition, first issue with "transmitted at start of vol. 1 p.297 and errata to vol. 2 title verso, half-titles, illustrations, 16pp. advertisements at end of both vol., pp.65-96 detaching at gutter, the odd spot, corner creases to one or two pp., original green cloth, spines gilt, vol. 1 upper cover and backstrip detached, spines slightly darkened, a little rubbed, small nick to head of spine, extremities slightly worn, [Freeman 937], 8vo, John Murray, 1871.
⁂ The first appearance of the word 'evolution' in any of Darwin's works.
In The Descent of Man Darwin 'compared man's physical and psychological characteristics to similar traits in apes and other animals, showing how even man's mind and moral sense could have developed through evolutionary processes' (Norman). This set bears all the first issue points as called for by Freeman.
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