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DARWIN, Charles. The Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom. 1876. FIRST
DARWIN, Charles. The Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom. 1876. FIRST
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DARWIN, Charles (1809-1882). The Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom. London: John Murray, 1876.

8vo. Errata slip; one diagram, numerous tables. Original blind-stamped green cloth, gilt-stamped spine (spine a bit darkened, fore-corners lightly rubbed). Provenance: Leigh Van Valen (ownership stamp on front pastedown).

FIRST EDITION of this sequel to Darwin's Fertilisation of Orchids, based on painstaking experiments he had undertaken since 1866, making the work his most ambitious plant book to date. "It was too technical and too detailed to command a wide sale," although 1500 copies were sold before the end of 1876. Freeman 1249.
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