DARWIN, Charles.
Journal of Researches
Journal of Researches
into the Natural History & Geology of the countries visited during the voyage round the world of H.M.S. Beagle under the command of Captain Fitz Roy, R.N.
Stock Code 117693
London, T. Nelson and Sons, 1893
Journal of Researches, the definitive text of Darwin's first published book (The Voyage of the Beagle, vol. III of The Narrative of the Voyages of H.M. Ships Adventure and Beagle) is 'undoubtedly the most often read and stands second only to On the Origin of Species as the most often printed' of Darwin's works, and is an 'important travel book in its own right and its relation to the background of his evolutionary ideas has often been stressed' (Freeman).
8vo (23 x 17 cm); numerous plates and in-text illustrations, prize bookplate to front pastedown; contemporary full morocco prize binding by Bickers, gilt armorial crest to upper board, gilt lettering to spine, marbled endpapers, gilt turn-ins, all edges gilt, touch of rubbing, a very good copy; 615pp.
Freeman 125.
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