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2 volumes 8vo (226 x 142 mm) 2 nn.ll., 452 pp., 24 pp. of bookseller’s catalogue for volume I; 2 nn.ll., 494 pp., 1 nn.l. (errata) for volume II. Original publisher’s green buckram signed ‘Lenegre Rl.”, covers decorated in blind, flat spines gilt (some light discoloration).
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Freeman, F-1058.
First edition of the first French translation, published very quickly after the original edition (London 1871). It is illustrated with 76 woodcut illustrations in the text.
“The Descent, understood by Darwin as a sequel to the Origin, was written with a maturity and depth of learning that marked Darwin’s status as an élite gentleman of science” (Freeman).
Good copy.
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