Lot 501
Darwin (Charles) On the Origin of Species, second edition, second issue, 1860.
Hammer Price: £4,800
Description
Darwin (Charles) On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, second edition, second issue (with 'fifth thousand on title'), half-title, folding lithograph diagram, 32pp. publisher's catalogue dated January 1860 at end, small ink ownership name and stamp to pastedown, a few light spots to first few pp., original blind-stamped cloth, spine gilt, extremities bumped and creased and very small mark to upper cover, but still overall a remarkably clean and bright copy, [Freeman 376], 8vo, 1860.
⁂ This scarce second edition was considered by Darwin as "little more than a reprint of the first edition". Rare in this condition.
Description
Darwin (Charles) On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, second edition, second issue (with 'fifth thousand on title'), half-title, folding lithograph diagram, 32pp. publisher's catalogue dated January 1860 at end, small ink ownership name and stamp to pastedown, a few light spots to first few pp., original blind-stamped cloth, spine gilt, extremities bumped and creased and very small mark to upper cover, but still overall a remarkably clean and bright copy, [Freeman 376], 8vo, 1860.
⁂ This scarce second edition was considered by Darwin as "little more than a reprint of the first edition". Rare in this condition.
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