Darwin (Charles) [On the Origin of Species], first translation into Bulgarian, lacking portrait frontispiece, illustration of genealogical tree at p.133, some light spotting to peripheral leaves, light damp-staining to foot near end, original printed wrappers, a few tiny tears to edges, spine darkened and torn with loss and crudely repaired, Vidin, Lozanov and Dukemedjiev Printing House, 1905; [The Descent of Man], vol. 1 only (of 2), illustrations, a few gatherings loose or working so, a few chips to lower margin towards end, original printed wrappers, ink ownership name to head of upper wrapper, some spotting and discolouration to lower wrapper, a little chipped and frayed at edges, loss to spine ends, old glue repair to head of upper joint, Vidin, 1906, browning, wrappers toned at extremities, 4to (2)

⁂ Rare first translation of Origin of Species into Bulgarian, from the sixth London edition, by M. Fiampova and I.H.A. Timiryazova. Freeman [632] cites the earliest Bulgarian edition as 1946; and the earliest of Descent of Man [1047] as 1927.