Journal of Researches
into the Natural History & Geology of the countries visited during the voyage round the world of H.M.S. Beagle under the command of Captain Fitz Roy, R.N.
Stock Code 115315
London, John Murray, 1913
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Bound by Lewis & Harris. A beautiful copy of Darwin's first published book, in half-green morocco by Lewis & Harris, bookbinders of Bath.
Journal of Researches, the definitive text of Darwin's first published book (The Voyage of the Beagle, vol. III of The Narrative of the Voyages of H.M. Ships Adventure and Beagle) is 'undoubtedly the most often read and stands second only to On the Origin of Species as the most often printed' of Darwin's works, and is an 'important travel book in its own right and its relation to the background of his evolutionary ideas has often been stressed' (Freeman).
Eleventh edition, later impression; 8vo (23 x 17 cm); numerous plates and in-text illustrations, 2 colour-printed folding maps to rear, ownership inscription in pen to title, bookplate excised from front pastedown; 20th-century half-green morocco by Lewis & Harris, marbled boards, spine gilt in compartments, top-edge gilt, fore-edge uncut, spine slightly faded, covers slightly marked, minor loss to marbling, occasional light spotting, very good; xvi, 551, [1]pp.
Freeman 125.
Journal of Researches, the definitive text of Darwin's first published book (The Voyage of the Beagle, vol. III of The Narrative of the Voyages of H.M. Ships Adventure and Beagle) is 'undoubtedly the most often read and stands second only to On the Origin of Species as the most often printed' of Darwin's works, and is an 'important travel book in its own right and its relation to the background of his evolutionary ideas has often been stressed' (Freeman).
Eleventh edition, later impression; 8vo (23 x 17 cm); numerous plates and in-text illustrations, 2 colour-printed folding maps to rear, ownership inscription in pen to title, bookplate excised from front pastedown; 20th-century half-green morocco by Lewis & Harris, marbled boards, spine gilt in compartments, top-edge gilt, fore-edge uncut, spine slightly faded, covers slightly marked, minor loss to marbling, occasional light spotting, very good; xvi, 551, [1]pp.
Freeman 125.
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