Author: Charles Darwin; Francis Darwin
Title: The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin Vol II and III
Description: London, John Murray, 1887. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of Francis Darwin's biographical collection relating to the life of his father, Charles Darwin. Lacking the first volume. Lacking volume I.Best known for his theory of evolution, Charles Darwin was one of the most important naturalists of all time, widely responsible for commonly held ideas regarding evolution as written in his 1859 work 'On the Origin of Species&apos. Edited by Darwin's son Francis, a British botanist known for his works in phototropism. As well as the letters of Charles Darwin, Francis also edited his autobiography and Thomas Huxley's 'On the Reception of the Origin of Species&apos.With the library bookplate of the Hunterian Museum, of the Royal College of Surgeons.Volume II is illustrated with a facsimile letter and a frontispiece portrait of the subject; volume III is illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of the subject.The first edition of this work, lacking the first volume. In the publisher's original full cloth binding. Externally generally smart; a little bumped to the head and tail of the spine and the extremities. Internally, generally firmly bound, with a slight strain to the front hinges of each volume. Pages are occasionally slightly spotted. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

Keywords: Charles Darwin Francis Darwin Natural Selection Evolution Francis Darwin Life of Darwin None


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