Author: Charles Darwin
Title: The Various Contrivances by Which Orchids are Fertilised by Insects
Description: John Murray, London, 1890. Second Edition. Revised. Fifth Thousand, Hardcover. Good Condition. 20cm x 13cm. xvi, 300 pages, 32 advertisements. Green cloth, gilt lettering. Darwin's first published work after the Origin of Species, providing evidence supporting his theory of evolution through natural selection. Darwin believed this volume tackled the question of design in nature. He maintained that the complex internal arrangements and ornate ridges of orchids were not created for the sake of beauty, but for the functional purpose of facilitating reproduction. This copy with the advertisements dated June, 1897, and from the collection of the former Premier of Queensland, Sir Thomas McIlwraith, with his embossed stamp. Some mottling to cloth. Foxing to first and last pages.. Shipped Weight: .6 kilos.
Keywords: BZDB407 Natural History & Resources; Science & Technology. Unbranded Charles Darwin The Various Contrivances by Which Orchids are Fertilised by Insects Science & Technology
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Title: The Various Contrivances by Which Orchids are Fertilised by Insects
Description: John Murray, London, 1890. Second Edition. Revised. Fifth Thousand, Hardcover. Good Condition. 20cm x 13cm. xvi, 300 pages, 32 advertisements. Green cloth, gilt lettering. Darwin's first published work after the Origin of Species, providing evidence supporting his theory of evolution through natural selection. Darwin believed this volume tackled the question of design in nature. He maintained that the complex internal arrangements and ornate ridges of orchids were not created for the sake of beauty, but for the functional purpose of facilitating reproduction. This copy with the advertisements dated June, 1897, and from the collection of the former Premier of Queensland, Sir Thomas McIlwraith, with his embossed stamp. Some mottling to cloth. Foxing to first and last pages.. Shipped Weight: .6 kilos.
Keywords: BZDB407 Natural History & Resources; Science & Technology. Unbranded Charles Darwin The Various Contrivances by Which Orchids are Fertilised by Insects Science & Technology
Price: AUD 495.50 = appr. US$ 342.82 Seller: Book Merchant Jenkins
- Book number: 0032990
- Book number: 0032990
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