DARWIN, Charles. On the Origin of the Species by Means of Natural Selection . London: John Murray 1859. 8 o . Folding diagram. (Half-title very slightly soiled.) Without advertisements. Green half-morocco, t.e.g. (rubbed at edges and extremities). Provenance : Thomas Stillman (bookplate). FIRST EDITION of the most influential work of science in the modern era. With the theory of evolution, "Darwin not only drew an entirely new picture of the workings of organic nature; he revolutionized our methods of thinking and our outlook on the natural order of things" (PMM). Dibner Heralds of Science 199; Garrison-Morton 220; Grolier/Horblit 23b; Norman 593; PMM 344.
DARWIN, Charles. On the Origin of the Species by Means of Natural Selection . London: John Murray 1859. 8 o . Folding diagram. (Half-title very slightly soiled.) Without advertisements. Green half-morocco, t.e.g. (rubbed at edges and extremities). Provenance : Thomas Stillman (bookplate). FIRST EDITION of the most influential work of science in the modern era. With the theory of evolution, "Darwin not only drew an entirely new picture of the workings of organic nature; he revolutionized our methods of thinking and our outlook on the natural order of things" (PMM). Dibner Heralds of Science 199; Garrison-Morton 220; Grolier/Horblit 23b; Norman 593; PMM 344.
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