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Author: Darwin, Charles
Title: On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life
Place Published: London
Publisher:John Murray
Date Published: 1860
Description:

ix, 502 pp. plus 32 pp. publisher's catalogue at rear dated January 1860. Folding diagram. 20x12.5 cm (7¾x4¾"), original green cloth, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, covers stamped in blind, pale brown clay-glazed endpapers. Housed in modern custom half morocco folding case. Second Edition, Second Issue, with "Fifth Thousand" on title page.

Superb copy of Darwin's Origin of Species ; - exceptionally sharp and crisp - considered the most important scientific work of the 19th century. ;The 1250 copies of the first edition of 1859 were sold out almost immediately and this revised second edition (identified by "fifth thousand" on the title page) was published some 3 months later. In a very important addition to his text, Darwin here tries to reconcile the theory of evolution with the traditional conception of God's creation of the world. ;Binder's ticket of "Edmonds & Remnants, London" to rear pastedown. The title leaf is unopened. Freeman binding variant "b" with upright of "L" in London over left-hand upright of "N" in JOHN in spine imprint. Freeman 376.

A bright, tight, fresh copy in very fine condition, just the slightest crimping at spine tips, a truly spectacular example.