DARWIN, Charles. On the Various Contrivances by which British and Foreign Orchids are Fertilised by Insects, and on the Good Effects of Intercrossing. London: John Murray 1862.
DARWIN, Charles. On the Various Contrivances by which British and Foreign Orchids are Fertilised by Insects, and on the Good Effects of Intercrossing. London: John Murray 1862. 8 o in 12s (196 x 125 mm). 32 pp. publisher's catalogue dated December 1861 at end. Folding wood-engraved plate, wood-engravings in the text (one or two spots). Original dark plum cloth decorated in blind with vertical lines and fine gilt block orchid stamped on upper cover [Freeman first issue binding variant], brown coated endpapers, uncut (extremities slightly rubbed, spine a bit faded and scuffed at head, front inner hinge weak). Provenance : William Darwin Fox (1805-1880) Darwin's cousin (early bookseller's note recto of first blank); Cecil Graham (specimen of "Gulf Stream Weed" collected in 1881 loosely inserted). "QUITE UNIQUE - THERE IS NOTHING IN THE WHOLE RANGE OF BOTANICAL LITERATURE TO COMPARE IT WITH" (Hooker). FIRST EDITION of the first of Darwin's works to publish extensive evidence supporting his theory of Evolution through natural selection. "It will perhaps serve to illustrate how Natural History may be worked under the belief of the modification of species." (Darwin). Clark (pp. 180 - 181); Freeman 800; Norman 595. [ With :] DARWIN, Charles. The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication . London: John Murray 1868. 2 volumes, 8 o (221 x 140 mm). Without 32pp. publisher's catalogue volume one, with 2 pp. advertisements integral with text dated February 1868 at end volume two. Numerous wood-engravings and plans in text. (Lightly browned, one or two marginal tears, occasionally crossing the text.) Original green cloth [Freeman first issue binding variant], covers decorated in blind, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, uncut (rebacked preserving the original cloth, extremities bumped and a bit scuffed). Provenance : John Denby B.A. (bookplates and penciled marginalia presumed to be in his hand); discreet 20th-century leather library label in volume one. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE with five errata on p. vi of volume one and nine in seven lines on p. viii of volume two; and publisher's imprint on the spines in a single line. Freeman 877. [ With :] DARWIN, Charles. The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex . London: John Murray 1871. 2 volumes, 8 o (185 x 121 mm). 16 pp. publisher's catalogue dated January 1871 at the end of each volume (last page in volume one torn and dust soiled). Numerous wood-engravings in text. (Lightly browned, a few top corners creased, one or two spots.) Original green cloth, covers decorated in blind, spine decorated and lettered in gilt (extremities a bit rubbed, inner hinges of volume one just starting); modern quarter morocco gilt slipcase. Provenance : F. Fitzgeraldo(?) (contemporary signature volume two). "WHEN I PUBLISH MY BOOK, I CAN SEE THAT I SHALL MEET WITH UNIVERSAL DISAPPROBATION, IF NOT EXECUTION" (Darwin). FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, with first word on p.297 of volume one "transmitted", and the following issue points in volume two: printer's note on the verso of the half-title; seventeen errata for volume one and eight for volume two listed on the verso of the title-page; Postscript present after p.viii. The Descent of Man contained material deliberately omitted from Origin in order to increase that book's chances of public acceptance. Now Darwin controversially "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). Clark pp. 191- 195; Freeman 937; Garrison-Morton 170; Norman 599. DARWIN, Charles. The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals. London: John Murray 1872. 8 o (187 x 126 mm). 4pp. integral publisher's advertisements dated November 1872 at end. 7 heliotype plates (3 folding), numerous wood-engravings in the text (plates lightly browned, versos spotted). (Lacking the first blank, lightly browned
DARWIN, Charles. On the Various Contrivances by which British and Foreign Orchids are Fertilised by Insects, and on the Good Effects of Intercrossing. London: John Murray 1862.
DARWIN, Charles. On the Various Contrivances by which British and Foreign Orchids are Fertilised by Insects, and on the Good Effects of Intercrossing. London: John Murray 1862. 8 o in 12s (196 x 125 mm). 32 pp. publisher's catalogue dated December 1861 at end. Folding wood-engraved plate, wood-engravings in the text (one or two spots). Original dark plum cloth decorated in blind with vertical lines and fine gilt block orchid stamped on upper cover [Freeman first issue binding variant], brown coated endpapers, uncut (extremities slightly rubbed, spine a bit faded and scuffed at head, front inner hinge weak). Provenance : William Darwin Fox (1805-1880) Darwin's cousin (early bookseller's note recto of first blank); Cecil Graham (specimen of "Gulf Stream Weed" collected in 1881 loosely inserted). "QUITE UNIQUE - THERE IS NOTHING IN THE WHOLE RANGE OF BOTANICAL LITERATURE TO COMPARE IT WITH" (Hooker). FIRST EDITION of the first of Darwin's works to publish extensive evidence supporting his theory of Evolution through natural selection. "It will perhaps serve to illustrate how Natural History may be worked under the belief of the modification of species." (Darwin). Clark (pp. 180 - 181); Freeman 800; Norman 595. [ With :] DARWIN, Charles. The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication . London: John Murray 1868. 2 volumes, 8 o (221 x 140 mm). Without 32pp. publisher's catalogue volume one, with 2 pp. advertisements integral with text dated February 1868 at end volume two. Numerous wood-engravings and plans in text. (Lightly browned, one or two marginal tears, occasionally crossing the text.) Original green cloth [Freeman first issue binding variant], covers decorated in blind, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, uncut (rebacked preserving the original cloth, extremities bumped and a bit scuffed). Provenance : John Denby B.A. (bookplates and penciled marginalia presumed to be in his hand); discreet 20th-century leather library label in volume one. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE with five errata on p. vi of volume one and nine in seven lines on p. viii of volume two; and publisher's imprint on the spines in a single line. Freeman 877. [ With :] DARWIN, Charles. The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex . London: John Murray 1871. 2 volumes, 8 o (185 x 121 mm). 16 pp. publisher's catalogue dated January 1871 at the end of each volume (last page in volume one torn and dust soiled). Numerous wood-engravings in text. (Lightly browned, a few top corners creased, one or two spots.) Original green cloth, covers decorated in blind, spine decorated and lettered in gilt (extremities a bit rubbed, inner hinges of volume one just starting); modern quarter morocco gilt slipcase. Provenance : F. Fitzgeraldo(?) (contemporary signature volume two). "WHEN I PUBLISH MY BOOK, I CAN SEE THAT I SHALL MEET WITH UNIVERSAL DISAPPROBATION, IF NOT EXECUTION" (Darwin). FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, with first word on p.297 of volume one "transmitted", and the following issue points in volume two: printer's note on the verso of the half-title; seventeen errata for volume one and eight for volume two listed on the verso of the title-page; Postscript present after p.viii. The Descent of Man contained material deliberately omitted from Origin in order to increase that book's chances of public acceptance. Now Darwin controversially "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). Clark pp. 191- 195; Freeman 937; Garrison-Morton 170; Norman 599. DARWIN, Charles. The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals. London: John Murray 1872. 8 o (187 x 126 mm). 4pp. integral publisher's advertisements dated November 1872 at end. 7 heliotype plates (3 folding), numerous wood-engravings in the text (plates lightly browned, versos spotted). (Lacking the first blank, lightly browned
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