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188157971Tokyo, Nishimura Tomijiro, Fukuda Eizo, Meiji 21 [1881]. 8vo. In the original cloth binding with printed front board (depicting a monkey reading a newspaper). Light wear and soiling to extremities and end papers soiled, otherwise in fine condition. 285 pp. + 3 plates.
186460791S.-Peterburg, 1864. 8vo. Bound in a beautiful half calf recent pastiche-binding with marbled papers over boards and elegant gilding to spine. End-papers renewed. Stamp to half-title, title-page and first leaf of text. First leaves evenly browned and dampstain to outer margin affecting last 50 ff. A few occassional brownspots throughout. XIV, 399, (1) pp. + 1 plate with genealogical tree (between pp. 92/93).
186859981St. Petersburg, 1868 [but in fact 1867-1869]. 8vo. In contemporary half calf with renewed spine. Inner hindges with repairs and boards with soiling and a few marks and holes to volume 1. Light foxing throughout, primarily affecting margins and plates. Overall a good copy. IV, 443, (1): ill"" V.2: 462, (I)-VI pp.
196362032Erevan, Armenia, Gosizdat, 1936. 8vo. In publisher's original full cloth with title in silver lettering to spine and front board. A picture of Darwin embossed to front board. Hindges weak. ""75"" in ink to spine and front board. Stamp and a few annotations to title-page, otherwise nice and clean. (2), 765 pp. + frontiespiece and plate with genealogical tree.
186460791S.-Peterburg 1864. 8vo. Bound in a beautiful half calf recent pastiche-binding with marbled papers over boards and elegant gilding to spine. End-papers renewed. Stamp to half-title title-page and first leaf of text. First leaves evenly browned and dampstain to outer margin affecting last 50 ff. A few occassional brownspots throughout. XIV 399 1 pp. 1 plate with genealogical tree between pp. 92/93. <br/><br/><em>First edition of the first Russian translation of Darwin's "Origin of Species" a main reason for the widespread effect of Darwinism in Russia where the theory met less resistance in the 1860'ies than it did in Western Europe. In Russia Darwinism had a profound influence not only upon the different sciences but also on philosophy economic and political thought and the great literature of the period. For instance both Tolstoy and Dostoevsky referenced Darwin in their most important works as did numerous other thinkers of the period."In 1864 S.A. Rachinsky professor of plant physiology at St. Petersburg University produced the first Russian translation of the "Origin". Although not a masterpiece of translation art the book sold out so quickly that in 1865 it went through a second printing. By this time Darwin's ideas were discussed not only by scientists but also by such popular writers as Dmitri Pisarev and M. A. Antinovich." Glick p. 232. Rachinsky began translating the "Origin" in 1862 and wrote an important article on the theories presented in it while working on the translation. This article and the translation of the "Origin" into Russian were responsible for the great success and rapid widespread knowledge of Darwinian theory of evolution in Russia. "Darwin was concerned that the "Origin of Species" reach naturalists across the world but translations of that complicated work raised problems for Darwin. If he found it difficult to make the reader "understand what is meant" in England and America at least in those two countries he and the reader were discussing the "Origin of Species" in the same language. Foreign language editions raised not only the thorny question of translating Darwinian terms but also the problem of translators who often thought it proper to annotate their editions to explain the "significance" of Darwinism. The first Russian translation of the "Origin of Species" 1864 appeared however without any comment whatever by the translator Sergei A. Rachinsky professor of botany at the University of Moscow. Rachinsky had begun the translation in 1862 and published an article on Darwinism while continuing work on the translation in 1863." Rogers p. 485. In the year of publication of the translation 1864 Pisarev wrote a long article in "The Russian Word" which purports to be a review of this translation; the critic complains about the absence of notes and commentaries by the translator. Pisarev furthermore points to several errors in the translation and to numerous infelicities of expression. Acknowledging the importance of the work however and of the spreading of Darwinism in Russia he goes on in his own essay to provide a much more popular account of Darwin's theory and to impress upon his readers its revolutionary significance.Nikolai Strakhov also reviewed the translation immediately upon publication acknowledging the effect it would have. Strakhov however recognized potential dangers inherent in the theory and expressed them in his review of Rachinsky's translation. He praised the work for its thoroughness and rejoiced in the evidence that man constituted the highest stage of organic development; but then he went on to argue that by moving into questions of philosophy and theology the Darwinists were exceeding the limits of scientific evidence. Like Pisarev Tolstoy enthusiastically embraced Darwinism. "The first mention of Darwin in Tolstoy's literary "Nachlass" is found in one of the drafts to "War and Peace". There Darwin is listed apparently quite favorably among leading thinkers "working toward new truth" . Thus by the late 1860's the name of Darwin as a leading scientist was already familiar to Tolstoy and duly respected." McLean p. 160. A fact which is often overlooked is that Tolstoy actually knew Rachinsky quite well. Interestingly it was in a letter to Rachinsky in reply to a question about the structure of "Anna Karenina" that Tolstoy made the famous statement that all Tolstoy scholars and lovers know by heart: "I am proud of the architecture - the arches are joined in such a way that you cannot discover where the keystone is". Like Strakhov however Dostoevsky acknowledging the significance of the "Origin" saw the dangers of the theory. In the same year as the publication of Rachinsky's translation he lets the narrator in "Notes from Underground" 1864 launch his attack on Darwinism beginning: "As soon as they prove you for instance that you are descended from a monkey then it's no use scowling you just have to accept it."In "Crime and Punishment" two years later 1866 the Darwinian overtones inherent in Raskolnikov's theory of the extraordinary man are unmistakable. He describes the mechanism of "natural selection" where according to the laws of nature by the crossing of races and types a "genius" would eventually emerge. In general Darwinian themes and Darwin's name occur in many contexts in a large number of Dostoevsky's works.Freeman 748. See: James Allen Rogers: The Reception of Darwin's Origin of Species by Russian Scientists. In: Isis Vol. 64 No. 4 Dec. 1973 pp. 484-503.Thomas F. Glick: The Comparative Reception of Darwinism. 1974.Hugh McLean: In Quest of Tolstoy. 2008. </em> hardcover
186859981St. Petersburg 1868 but in fact 1867-1869. 8vo. In contemporary half calf with renewed spine. Inner hindges with repairs and boards with soiling and a few marks and holes to volume 1. Light foxing throughout primarily affecting margins and plates. Overall a good copy. IV 443 1: ill; V.2: 462 I-VI pp. <br/><br/><em>The very first publication of Darwin's 'Variation under Domestication' in any language. The title-page states 1868 but they two volumes were in fact published respectively in November 1867 and 1869."In August 1867 Darwin wrote to Lyell that he was visited by a young Russian "who is translating my new book into Russian.". The book was the 'Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication' and the youngRussian was Vladimir Kovalevsky who subsequently became a well-known evolutionary palaeontologist. At that time the 'Variation' was not yet published and it seems most probably that the translation was made from a set of proofs given to Kovalevsky by Darwin. Thanks to Kovalevsky's rapid work the first section of the Russian translation of the Variation was published several months prior to the publication of the English original." Glick The Comparative Reception of Darwinism p. 235"The first Russian edition which is dated 1868 on the volume title page is of particular interest. It is the only work in his lifetime of which any part appeared in foreign translation before it appeared in English. Correspondence at Cambridge shows that the translator was sent copies of corrected proofs as they were ready. It was published in seven parts of which four perhaps to the end of Chapter XV appeared in 1867; the next two appeared in 1868 and the last not until 1869 because he had been away in Russian Asia. The title is given in full in English translation under No. 925 and has been discussed above" Freeman.Vladimir Kovalevsky 1842-1883 the translator of this book was a Russian biologist and the founder of evolutionary palaeontology. His own scientific works were printed between 1873 and 1877 and according to Henry Osborn Osborn H. The rise of Mammalia in North America // Proc. Amer. Assoc. Sci. 1894. vol. 42 pp. 189-227 they ''dare away'' all traditional and dry European paleontology. That was mainly because Kovalevsky was a devoted Darwinist and adapted Darwin's ideas to palaeontology. Luis Dollo the Belgian palaeontologist a contemporary of Kovalevsky's described him thus: ''No palaeontologist embodies so perfectly our epoch as the brilliant and miserable Vladimir Kovalevsky friend and guest of the immortal Charles Darwin''. Indeed Kovalevsky was a friend of Darwin's and they corresponded extensively. When visiting Darwin in 1877 the Russian botanist Timiryazev asked Darwin about his views on Russian science and Darwin surprised him with an answer that Vladimir Kovalevsky little known at the time was the bright hope of palaeontology.Kovalevsky was very eager to translate Darwin into Russian as soon as possible so he asked Darwin to send him the proofs of his book chapter by chapter as soon as Darwin finished them. Kovalevsky translated with great speed the complete book contains 900 pages and he began to print the chapters from July 1867 the first English edition appeared on 30th January 1868. The chapters were printed one after another as the translation went on. It is unclear whether any part of it appeared before the English edition.Vladimir Kovalevsky translated another of Darwin's books The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals O vyrazhenii emotsyi u cheloveka I zhyvotnikh that appeared the same year as the English edition 1872.Kovalevsky committed suicide at the age of forty after the breakdown of his marriage to the celebrated mathematician Sophia Kovalevskaya who became the first female professor of mathematics in the world.OCLC finds only three complete copies worldwide Cornell American Philosophical Society US and Thomas Fisher Library Canada. Freeman 925 </em> hardcover
196362032Erevan Armenia Gosizdat 1936. 8vo. In publisher's original full cloth with title in silver lettering to spine and front board. A picture of Darwin embossed to front board. Hindges weak. "75" in ink to spine and front board. Stamp and a few annotations to title-page otherwise nice and clean. 2 765 pp. frontiespiece and plate with genealogical tree. <br/><br/><em>The exceedingly rare first Armenian translation of Darwin's landmark work.Only two Armenian translations of 'Origin of Species' has been made. The present first a second from 1963 both translations are of the upmost scarcity. Due to the relatively low number of people speaking Armenian approximately 3 million in Armenia and 7 million outside books in Armenian were printed in comparatively low numbers. OCLC locates no copies. Freeman 630.R.B. Darwin Online F630. </em> hardcover
1921feb02695<p>1921. First Lithuanian Edition of Geological Observations on South America.<br /><br />Kelionė Biglio laivu - Tarp Pie- tų Amerikos gyvulių</p><p>Used book For more details and availability please contact me</p> Kulturos
1859-21London Murray 1871. 2 vols. VIII 423 1 16; VIII 2 475 16 pp. with 76 illustr. in woodcuts. OLn. m. goldgepr. Rückentitel. Berieb. EA. Garrison-M. 170; Sparrow 48 - Kolor. Karikatur aus einer zeitgen. Zeitung als Frontisp. mont. Original green publisher's cloth binding stamped in blind with spines lettered in gilt. First edition first issue of both volumes with the errata on verso of title-leaf in vol.2 and with the first word of p.297 "transmitted" in vol. 1. London, Murray 1871. hardcover
1892142075Cambridge: Privately Printed 1892. Hardcover. Very good. Folio. Cloth-backed boards. Four illustrations drawn within the text in pencil; text printed only on the rectos. Original owner's inscription to the title page: "Joseph A. Daniel/Christ's College/Cambridge". Minor amount of wear to the edges of the boards. Ex-libris of Richard Freeman bibliographer of Charles Darwin initialed by him with notes of cost on ffep. An exceptionally rare item with fantastic provenance. COPAC lists three copies at Cambridge the Natural History Museum and the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew; no copies have come up at auction. It is unclear as to who has done the illustrations in this copy; the copy held at Cambridge has similar drawings with some variations. Perhaps the illustrations were all done by hand by the authors though this isn't explicitly stated anywhere in the book. There are references to Charles Darwin throughout this work most notably on f.42 where a letter from Charles Darwin to Joseph Hooker is quoted. 1892 Privately Printed hardcover
1871889P6London: John Murray 1871. First edition. Leather. Good. 7" by 5". Not Stated. The first edition of one of the most important scientific works to ever be published Charles Darwin's introduction to his theory of evolution. The first edition Volume I is the first issue with 'transmitted' as the first word to page 297 in Volume I changed to 'when' in later issues. Volume II is the second issue with titles to the verso of the title pages rather than errata. In two volumes.Illustrated with in-text engravings.Collated both volumes have been rebound without the half-titles errata leaf to Volume II and publisher's adverts.One of the most important scientific works to ever be published 'The Descent of Man' lays out Charles Darwin's theories on sexual selection and human evolution. It was this work which first broached Darwin's theory of evolution also being the first time the word was in print in any of his works on page 2 of Volume I. In a half calf binding with marbled paper to the boards. Externally rubbed. Light bumping to the extremities with a small amount of loss of leather to the head and tail of the spine. A few minor marks heavier to the front joint of Volume I. Small crack to the rear joint of Volume I. Front hinges are starting but firm. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with the occasional scattered spot and handling mark including spots to the endpapers. Good John Murray hardcover
1896189921New York: D. Appleton and Company 1896-97. A finely bound set of the first collected edition The Authorized edition. This was the first serious attempt towards a uniform collection an idea that was not comprehensively achieved until the late 20th-century. There was no collected edition published during Darwin's lifetime. Together 12 works in 15 vols octavo 196 x 133 mm. Illustrated with photographic half-tone plates folding maps line drawings and diagrams. 20th-century red half morocco by Asprey spines lettered in gilt red cloth sides marbled endpapers top edges gilt the rest uncut. In fine condition. hardcover
1862176464Paris: Guillaumin et Cie Victor Masson et Fils 1862. With an autograph letter signed by the woman Darwin judged "one of the cleverest" in Europe First edition in French translated and edited by the self-taught theorist feminist and author Clémence Royer 1830-1902 together with a loosely inserted autograph letter signed by her. Her lengthy preface and extensive footnotes pre-staged the rise of social Darwinism and anticipated several of the issues Darwin himself would later consider in the Descent of Man 1871. After reading Royer's edition Darwin judged her "one of the cleverest & oddest women in Europe" Darwin Correspondence Project. The French philosopher Renan went further deeming her "almost a man of genius". Although Royer had no scientific training she worked closely with the naturalist René-Édouard Claparède 1832-1871 to ensure that her translation of Darwin's biology was technically accurate. However Royer transcended the typically passive role expected of female translators and took a considerably more active engagement in the final text - a move seen at the time as a distinctly masculine one. Assuming an editorial capacity she outlined her own interpretation of Darwinian science bullishly exploring consequences that Darwin had carefully left out and adding a Lamarckian slant to his theories. In this she was among the first to publicly draw eugenicist conclusions from Darwin's work. France had been particularly resistant towards Darwinian science in part because of Lamarck's continuing grip on its biological thought. By positioning Darwin as a defender of Lamarckian inheritance Royer became a prominent albeit unsystematic champion of Darwinian ideas in France. Darwin later chose to retain Royer for the second edition indicating she claimed that she understood the thrust of his thought better than most. In the enclosed autograph letter Royer writes to Alphonse de Calonne 1818-1902 the founder of the Revue Contemporaine to arrange a meeting regarding the publication of her novel Les Jumeaux d'Hellas 1864. Together 2 items: i octavo 175 x 111 mm. Folding lithographed plate facing p. 160; ii bifolium 130 x 105 mm written across 16 lines on the first page with Royer's embossed initials at the head. Contemporary black pebble-grain calf spine lettered in gilt and ruled in blind marbled endpapers. Near-contemporary critical pencil annotation to outer margin of pp. 107 and 341. Light rubbing moderate browning and foxing to contents two central gatherings a little proud: a very good copy. Freeman 655. unknown
1866155699London: John Murray 1866. The extensively revised Origin Fourth edition of "the most important biological book ever written" Freeman one of 1500 copies. The text was significantly altered from previous editions representing the second largest increase in the Origin. The fourth edition also corrects the date of the Origin's initial publication given on the verso of the half-title from 1 October to 24 November 1859. Octavo. Folding diagram facing p. 130. With 32 pp. publisher's advertisements dated April 1867 at rear. Original green pebble-grain cloth spine lettered and decorated in gilt covers blocked in blind Freeman's variant c no priority dark green endpapers Edmond & Remnants binder's ticket on rear pastedown. Contemporary ownership signature of Samuel Oldham Lees on half-title likely the landowner 1832-1879 later bookplate on front pastedown A. Oldham Lees of Strathspey. Head of spine and inner hinges restored. Spine ends and corners bumped extremities rubbed cloth clean a few leaves creased from reading book block cracked at pp. 432-33. A very good copy. Freeman 385. hardcover
1862167295London: John Murray 1862. In support of natural selection First edition of Darwin's first book following the Origin of Species. This monograph on the structure and function of orchid flowers was "the first of the volumes of supporting evidence" for natural selection Freeman. The print run is estimated at no more than 2000 copies and it is the only Darwin title issued by Murray between 1859 and 1910 not bound in the characteristic green cloth. Orchids is "a methodological masterclass in the scientific use of history showing how homologies between flower parts - these had been elucidated by previous botanists - allow us to model past evolutionary events. Throughout the book Darwin showed how natural selection can create exquisite co-adaptations between plants and animals and in so doing it founded the science of pollination ecology. He was even able to make predictions based on understanding that the extraordinary morphology of orchid flowers is co-adapted to the morphology and behavior of their pollinating species. Orchids was the first of the botanical books which Darwin published from 1862 all of which 'exalted' plants and showed how closely linked to animals they are. It appeared in May 1862 and there were probably only 2000 copies printed. Although highly praised by botanists at the time it never sold well" Freeman the public remaining more interested in the controversy of evolution than the details. Octavo. Folding woodcut plate of the Orchis mascula facing p. 18 33 woodcuts within text. With 32 pp. publisher's advertisements dated September 1871 at rear. Original plum fine diaper-grain cloth Freeman's variant b spine lettered and decorated in gilt covers ornamentally panelled in blind front cover with centrally gilt-stamped orchid motif brown coated endpapers. Cloth entirely unrestored and binding tight and square spine sunned extremities gently rubbed inner hinges tender but holding firm contents clean: a very good copy indeed. Freeman 800; Norman 595. hardcover
1909182356Cambridge: Printed at the University Press 1909. The evolution of evolution Limited presentation edition inscribed in a secretarial hand to Lucien Cuénot 1866-1951 a pioneering developer of Mendelian genetics and a skilled promoter of neo-Darwinism. These presentation copies were printed for delegates at the 1909 Darwin celebrations in Cambridge - marking the centenary of the man himself and the half-centenary of his most famous work. The Foundations marks Darwin's first articulation of the theory of evolution. Cuénot then professor of zoology at the University of Lorraine had been engaged in Mendelian experiments since the rediscovery of the latter's work in 1900. For this he is celebrated as the individual responsible for introducing genetics into Franc and for doing so in an essentially Darwinian framework. Darwin wrote the Foundations in mid-1842 drawing together a series of observations that had been fermenting since he stepped off the Beagle at Falmouth. As Francis Darwin observed the basic structure of the sketch resembles that of the Origin itself outlining the Malthusian mechanisms of natural selection and proceeding from analysis of domesticated organisms to those in a state of nature. Following Emma Darwin's death in 1896 the 35-page manuscript was discovered in a cupboard in Down House where it had been discarded as scrap paper. Francis Darwin who had co-authored several scientific works with his father edited the manuscript for presentation. Later in 1909 the University Press published a trade edition which paired Foundations with another previously unpublished "sketch" from 1844. Octavo. Photogravure portrait frontispiece with tissue guard photographic plate. Original quarter vellum grey paper covers front cover lettered and with university crest stamped in black outer and lower edges uncut. Light toning and bumping minimal foxing to contents: a very good copy indeed. Freeman 1555; Norman 605; Waller 10788. hardcover
1860758605<p>This is a first American edition second state from 1860. Three Reviews. Some staining to pages and spine. Some light damage to edges. P/O's name on first page otherwise No Markings to text. Happy to provide more pictures or answer in questions!.</p> D. Appleton and Company hardcover
1871006663London: John Murray 1871. First edition first printing. Quarter leather. This is the first edition first impression of Charles Darwins The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex his first book to apply the term evolution - in a striking contemporary fine binding. <br /> <br />The binding features quarter calf over marbled paper-covered boards with blind tooled transitions between the boards and calf corners and spine. The spine features raised gilt-decorated bands framed by double gilt rules a black title panel and gilt devices adorning undecorated compartments. The boards endpapers and page edges are all marbled in a matching nonpareil combed pattern creating a compelling aesthetic consistency. <br /> <br />First impression of the first edition is confirmed by issue points; in Volume I transmitted is the first word on p.297; Volume II has errata on the title page verso seventeen errata for Volume I and eight for Volume II and a tipped-in Postscript at unpaginated pp. ix-x referring to errors which were reset for the second issue. The sixteen pages of advertisements for Murrays standard works are not present removed when the book was rebound as were the half-title leaves. <br /> <br />Condition is very good overall. Despite overall toning the calfs original red mostly settling to brown and scuffing the exceptional contemporary bindings are square clean tight and original with no sign of repair restoration or hinge failure. The first impression contents are bright with light spotting primarily confined to the first and final leaves. The sole previous ownership mark is the same name and date of January 1878 inked on the upper right corner of each blank leaf recto preceding the title page. Given that the subject blank leaves were added when the book was finely bound it follows that the binding was commissioned during or before January 1878. <br /> <br />On the Origin of Species 1859 fomented a reorientation that would eventually supplant dogmatic creationist hierarchy with rationalistic naturalist biology. But in Origin Darwin had said little about how his ideas applied to human beings. In The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex Darwin argued that all creatures are subject to the same natural laws. Man still bears in his bodily frame the indelible stamp of his lowly origin. And in Descent the cause was finally given its enduring name. On page two of Volume I Darwin wrote these great classes of facts afford as it appears to me ample and conclusive evidence in favour of the principle of gradual evolution. This is the first time the word evolution is thus applied in his published work. Descent posited the theory Darwin called sexual selection and attempted to set forth a naturalistic explanation for the mind and for moral behavior. That Darwins conceptions continue to both fuel rational debate and fervid ire testifies to their fundamental impact. That many of his concepts are settled theory testifies to their empirical insight and veracity. <br /> <br />This particular set is not only an artifact of landmark scientific thought but also testimony to Victorian era bibliophilic history craft and sensibilities. "BOUND BY MUDIE is printed on the lower front free-end paper versos. Charles Edward Mudie 1818-1890 founded a circulating library that served a wide middle-class audience who could not afford the exorbitant price of new books making literature significantly more accessible to the public. By 1852 he had over 25000 subscribers. Between 1853 and 1862 Mudie is said to have added almost 960000 volumes to his stock in hand thus becoming one of the major distributors of fiction in Britain at the time. His business also serviced readers overseas shipping tin trunks of books to India Cape Colony Egypt and other British colonies. The glee occasioned by the arrival of Mudie's shipments was playfully commented upon by W. S. Gilbert in Bab Ballads when he wrote: 'New boxes come from across the sea / from Mr. Mudie's Libraree'. ODNB. <br/><br/> John Murray hardcover
186068677New York: D. Appleton and Company 1860. Full Description:<br> <br> DARWIN Charles. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life. New York: D. Appleton and Company 1860.<br> <br> First American edition third issue. "Revised Edition" on title-page and three quotations to verso of half-title. Octavo 7 11/16 x 4 7/8 inches; 196 x 125 mm. 1-432 pp. With folding chart.<br> <br> Original pebbled brown cloth with covers decoratively stamped in blind. Spine lettered in gilt. Green-coated endpapers. A very slight bit of fraying to top and bottom of the spine. Spine lightly sunned. Previous owner's pencil signature on front free endpaper. And an old ink gift inscription dated 1895 on front flyleaf. Some intermittent light foxing. Housed in a custom full black morocco clamshell. Overall a very good unrestored copy.<br> <br> One of the most influential scientific works of the nineteenth century On the Origin of Species was and still is one of the most controversial. The book caused an uproar immediately upon its publication and many early copies were burned in protest of its author's ideas. In it "Darwin not only drew an entirely new picture of the workings of organic nature; he revolutionized our methods of thinking and our outlook on the natural order of things. The recognition that constant change is the order of the universe had been finally established and a vast step forward in the uniformity of nature had been taken" Printing and the Mind of Man.<br> <br> Although published the same year as the second English edition the text of the first American edition with the two stereo reprints of the same year is identical to the first English edition Freeman 373 with the whale-bear story surviving intact.<br> <br> Freeman 376 "the most important biological book ever written". Grolier/Horblit 23b "the most influential scientific work of the nineteenth century"; Printing and the Mind of Man 344b first edition.<br> <br> Freeman Darwin 379. Printing and the Mind of Man 344.<br> <br> HBS 68677.<br> <br> $6000. D. Appleton and Company unknown
1871TS381London: John Murray 1871. 1st Edition . Hardback. Fine. 8vo. half-title with printers imprint to the verso viii ii postscript 475 i pp 16pp John Murray cataloge dated January 1871 the first issue. A really fine binding with no wear fading bumping or marks The gilt titles are fine with no rubbing or loss. The end-papers are fine with no cracking marks or labels. The verso of the title-page has the errata list as called for in the first issue. The preliminaries are heavily foxed as are the last pages of the rear catalogue. The text block is tight and clean with just an occasional small blemish. PLEASE EMAIL FOR PHOTOS. The boards are 195mm. Foxing to the adverts is often found in this volume which lower quality paper being used than the text block. <br/> <br/> John Murray hardcover
1865185092St Petersburg: Prince A. S. Golitsyn 1865. Russian evolution Scarce first edition in Russian of Darwin's first published book celebrated as the genesis of his theory of evolutionary biology. Among the earliest translations of the Voyage in any language this edition attests to Darwin's popularity in Tsarist Russia. Like Britain and France Russia was a centre of pre-Darwinian research on evolutionary theory. The Darwinian evolution proved immediately popular as young scientists and radical social philosophers employed it to establish their independence from religious conservatives in the traumatic aftermath of the Crimean War. The Voyage of the Beagle was originally published in 1839. This translation was produced by Andrei Beketov 1825-1902 the botanist and evolutionary theorist who had also produced the first Russian translation of the Origin in 1864. Beketov's wife Elisaveta 1834-1902 was a prolific translator in her own right and it is now widely accepted that she collaborated with her husband on this translation. A variant of the famed diagram of the Galapagos finches is on page 206 of Volume II. 2 vols small octavo 160 x 106 mm pp. viii 540 2; iv vi 466. Engraved portrait frontispiece to vol. I wood-engraved illustrations in the text. Recent blue quarter calf spines lettered and ruled in gilt marbled paper sides and endpapers edges sprinkled blue. Later blue ink library marks to final leaf verso of vol. II. Japanese tissue repair to upper inner corner of frontispiece. Light rubbing minor foxing and damp staining to contents: a very good copy. Freeman F2383.1-2. unknown
186255642Paris, Guillaumin et Cie, Victor Masson et Fils, 1862. 8vo. Bound partly uncut with the original wrappers in a very nice later full calf pastiche binding with four raised band and richly gilt spine. Gilt boarders to boards. Small repair to upper right corner of title-page, not affecting text. An exceptionally fine and clean copy. LXIV (incl. half-title), I-XXIII + (24-) 712. pp. and 1 folded plate (between pp.160 a. 161).
186255642Paris Guillaumin et Cie Victor Masson et Fils 1862. 8vo. Bound partly uncut with the original wrappers in a very nice later full calf pastiche binding with four raised band and richly gilt spine. Gilt boarders to boards. Small repair to upper right corner of title-page not affecting text. An exceptionally fine and clean copy. LXIV incl. half-title I-XXIII 24- 712. pp. and 1 folded plate between pp.160 a. 161. <br/><br/><em>The scarce first edition of the controversial first French translation - bound partly uncut and with the original wrappers - of Darwin's masterpiece one of the most important books ever printed. This famed translation - done by self-taught female scholar - ended up causing quite a stir and adding to the theory of evolution some for Darwin quite unforeseen interpretations. Because of this the translator Clémence Royer gained notoriety as one of the leading eugenicists of the time. Darwin was very eager to have his work published in French. It is not known exactly how he happened on Royer as the translator but as she was familiar with the works of Lamarck and Malthus immediately realized the importance of Darwin's work and also had close connections to the French publisher Guillaumin she must have seemed perfect for the job. She had a naturalist help her with the biologically technical parts and made an excellent job of the translation. There was one big problem however - she went well beyond her role as a translator and added a 60-page preface and numerous explanatory footnotes that Darwin had not seen before publication. In the preface she challenged the belief in religious revelation she discussed the application of natural selection to the human race and she presented a pure eugenic theory explaining the negative consequences of protecting the weak and the infirm. She also promoted her concept of progressive evolution which had more in common with the ideas of Lamarck than with those of Darwin. Right after having seen the translation Darwin wrote in a letter to the American botanist Asa Gray: "I received 2 or 3 days ago a French translation of the Origin by a Madelle. Royer who must be one of the cleverest & oddest women in Europe: is ardent deist & hates Christianity & declares that natural selection & the struggle for life will explain all morality nature of man politicks &c &c!!!. She makes some very curious & good hits & says she shall publish a book on these subjects & a strange production it will be."After some reflection however Darwin began having more serious doubts and about a month later he wrote to the French zoologist Armand de Quatrefages: "I wish the translator had known more of Natural History; she must be a clever but singular lady; but I never heard of her till she proposed to translate my book." He had now also read the footnotes and wrote to Joseph Hooker: "Almost everywhere in Origin when I express great doubt she appends a note explaining the difficulty or saying that there is none whatever!! It is really curious to know what conceited people there are in the world."Freeman No 655 Freeman does not mention the plate which is present here. </em> hardcover
186268006First Edition in Original Cloth of Darwin's Work on Orchids With Pre-Publication Advertisements DARWIN Charles. On the Various Contrivances by Which British and Foreign Orchids. Are Fertilised by Insects and on the Good Effects of Intercrossing. With Illustrations. London: John Murray 1862. First edition. Octavo 7 3/4 x 5 inches; 195 x 125 mm. vi 365 1 colophon 32 publisher's advertisements pp. With 33 woodcuts in the text and one woodcut folding plate. With publisher's 32 page advertisements dated December 1861. These advertisements being dated before publication indicate that this is a very early copy. Original full maroon cloth. Covers stamped and ruled in blind. Front board with gilt central device of an orchid. Spine stamped and lettered in gilt. Brown coated endpapers. Spine with some sunning. Some very minor foxing mainly to preliminaries. Small old bookseller's label on front free endpaper. Overall a near fine copy. "Darwin was adept at flanking movements in order to get around his critics. He would take seemingly intractable subjectsólike orchids flowersóand make them test cases for 'natural selection.' Hence the book that appeared after the Origin was to everyoneÃs surprise The Various Contrivances by which British and Foreign Orchids are Fertilised by Insects 1862. He showed that the orchidÃs beauty was not a piece of floral whimsy 'designed' by God to please humans but honed by selection to attract insect cross-pollinators. The petals guided the bees to the nectaries and pollen sacs were deposited exactly where they could be removed by a stigma of another flower." Brittanica Freeman Darwin. Hunt. McGill/Wood. Nissen BBI. Nissen ZBI. Darwin Collection 779. HBS 68006. $5500 John Murray hardcover books
189720038New York: D. Appleton and Company 1897. Octavo 15 volumes bound in three quarters red morocco over marbled boards. Top edge gilt gilt titles and tooling to the spine. Engraved plates numerous other illustrations throughout maps and charts. In excellent condition. Charles Darwin has been widely recognized since his own time as one of the most influential writers in the history of Western thought. His books were widely read by specialists and the general public and his influence had been extended by almost continuous public debate over the past 150 years. His most well known works are The Origin of Species The Descent of Man and Voyage of the Beagle. D. Appleton and Company hardcover books
