1895 Rare Book - CHARLES DARWIN The ORIGIN OF SPECIES - Natural Selection. (2 Volumes in 1).

 

Author : Charles Darwin
Title : The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection or the Preservation of Favored Races in the Struggle for Life With Additions and Corrections from Sixth and Last English Edition In Two Volumes
Publisher : New York, D. Appleton and Company, 1895. (Complete 2 volumes in one).
Language : Text in English
Size : 8 " X 5 "
Pages : xxvi-365-339 pages
Binding : Attractive and near fine original cloth binding under a protective removable mylar cover.
Content : Near fine content (bright, tight and clean, bookplate and signature of William Ernest Johnson (1858 – 1931), usually cited as W. E. Johnson, the famous British philosopher and logician on first endpaper and first page of second volume -  as shown).
Illustrations : Including the fold-out diagram intact in Vol 1 - see photo.

Estimate : (USD 350 - USD 700)

The books : Rare and attractive 2 volumes in one edition of Darwin's Origin of Species which is considered to be the foundation of evolutionary biology. Darwin's book introduced the scientific theory that populations evolve over the course of generations through a process of natural selection. It presented a body of evidence that the diversity of life arose by common descent through a branching pattern of evolution. Darwin included evidence that he had gathered on the Beagle expedition in the 1830s and his subsequent findings from research, correspondence, and experimentation.

The author: Charles Robert Darwin, FRS FRGS FLS FZS (12 February 1809 – 19 April 1882) was an English naturalist, geologist and biologist, best known for his contributions to the science of evolution. His proposition that all species of life have descended over time from common ancestors is now widely accepted, and considered a foundational concept in science. In a joint publication with Alfred Russel Wallace, he introduced his scientific theory that this branching pattern of evolution resulted from a process that he called natural selection, in which the struggle for existence has a similar effect to the artificial selection involved in selective breeding.