The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life.

DARWIN, Charles (1809-1882), [DARWIN, Charles G., preface], [LANDACRE, Paul, illustrator].

Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 1976. [Evolutionary science] COLLECTOR'S EDITION. Octavo (27 x 20cm), pp.[8] xxx; 470. With a colour frontispiece, and numerous wood engravings by Landacre throughout the text. Publisher's black full morocco, with designs and titles tooled in gilt to boards and spine. All edges gilt, and orange watered-silk endpapers. Light handling, otherwise a fine copy. Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species (1859) is a seminal work in naturalist literature and without doubt the pivotal work and foundation of evolutionary science. It introduced the theory that populations evolve over the course of generations through a process of natural selection. Darwin's book was the culmination of evidence he had accumulated on the voyage of the Beagle in the 1830s and expanded through continuing investigations and experiments since his return. Item #76174

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