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Lot 202
Darwin (Charles) On the Origin of Species By Means of Natural Selection, Fifth Thousand [second edition, second issue], a fine copy, John Murray, 1860
Hammer Price: £5,500
Description
Darwin (Charles) On the Origin of Species By Means of Natural Selection, Fifth Thousand [second edition, second issue], half-title with 3 quotations on verso, folding lithographed diagram by William West after Darwin facing p.117, 32-page publisher's catalogue dated January 1860 at end, a bright, clean copy, original blind-stamped green cloth (Freeman's variant b) with Edmonds and Remnants ticket at rear, spine lettered in gilt, slight bumping to spine tips and corners, a fine copy, [Freeman 376a; Norman 594], 8vo, John Murray, 1860.
⁂ A superb example of the scarce second edition, considered by Darwin as "little more than a reprint of the first edition".
Description
Darwin (Charles) On the Origin of Species By Means of Natural Selection, Fifth Thousand [second edition, second issue], half-title with 3 quotations on verso, folding lithographed diagram by William West after Darwin facing p.117, 32-page publisher's catalogue dated January 1860 at end, a bright, clean copy, original blind-stamped green cloth (Freeman's variant b) with Edmonds and Remnants ticket at rear, spine lettered in gilt, slight bumping to spine tips and corners, a fine copy, [Freeman 376a; Norman 594], 8vo, John Murray, 1860.
⁂ A superb example of the scarce second edition, considered by Darwin as "little more than a reprint of the first edition".
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