{"product_id":"charles-darwin-descent-man-first-edition-1871-121391","title":"The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex.","description":"\u003ch4 class=\"srb-faux-head\"\u003efirst appearance of the word evolution in darwin's work\u003c\/h4\u003eFirst edition, first issue of Darwin's application of evolution by natural selection to humans, with the first appearance of 'evolution' in any of his published works, preceding its appearance in the sixth edition of On the Origin of Species by a year. This copy with all the first issue points as identified by Freeman: the correct number of errata on the list in volume II, the printer's note on the verso of the half title in volume II, the note on a 'serious and unfortunate error' tipped-in to volume II and, 'transmitted' as the first word on page 297 in volume I.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'In the Origin Darwin had avoided discussing the place occupied by Homo sapiens in the scheme of natural selection, stating only that \"light will be thrown on the origin of man and his history\". Twelve years later he made good on his promise with The Descent of Man, in which he compared man's physical and psychological characteristics to similar traits in apes and other animals, showing how even man's mind and moral sense could have developed through evolutionary processes. In discussing man's ancestry Darwin did not claim that man was directly descended from apes as we know them today, but stated simply that the extant ancestors of Homo sapiens would have to be classified among the primates; however, this statement, as misinterpreted by the popular press, caused a furor second only to that raised by the Origin. Darwin also added an essay on sexual selection, i.e., the preferential chances of mating that some individuals of one sex have over their rivals because of special structures, colors, and types of behaviors used in courtship, leading to the accentuation and transmission of those characteristics' (Hook and Norman, The Norman Library of Science and Medicine 599).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst edition, first issue; 2 vols, 8vo; 16-page publisher's ads at rear of each volume, publisher's list on the verso of the title in volume I, errata list on the verso of the title in volume II, author's postscript tipped-in in volume II, wood engravings within the text, contents toned with the occasional spot or mark; original green cloth, titles to spine gilt, black coated endpapers, professionally recased with some small repairs to the ends of the spines, hinges repaired, very good condition; 423 and 475pp.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFreeman, The Works of Charles Darwin 936; Hook and Norman, The Norman Library of Science and Medicine 599.\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"DARWIN, Charles.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57288894939511,"sku":"121391","price":13665.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/4694\/1233\/files\/121391.jpg?v=1783558898","url":"https:\/\/shapero.com\/en-us\/products\/charles-darwin-descent-man-first-edition-1871-121391","provider":"Shapero Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}