On the Origin of the Species

Darwin, Charles

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Titel: On the Origin of the Species

Verlag: John Murray, London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1866

Einband: Hardcover

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fourth edition (eighth thousand), 8vo, folding lithographed chart, lacks half-title and publisher's advertisements at end, original green cloth, recased, lower cover bumped at head, corners bumped and with some slight surface wear, gilt spine, two barely noticeable tiny holes to spine, rebacked with the original spine laid down, scarce variant 'c' binding, with the binder's ticket: "Bound by Edmonds & Remnants. London", edges untrimmed. Internally excellent with no writing, no foxing or browning, very lovely condition. One of 1500 printed for this scarce edition. Although Darwin was not the first man to champion evolution, he was the first to create a convincing argument for it. This classic book thus records the beginning of a huge paradigm shift in biology. The Origin of Species sold out on the first day of its publication in 1859. It is the major book of the nineteenth century, and one of the most readable and accessible of the great revolutionary works of the scientific imagination. The Origin of Species was the first mature and persuasive work to explain how species change through the process of natural selection. Upon its publication, the book began to transform attitudes about society and religion. Very good ++. "the most important biological book ever written" [Freeman 385, variant ‘c‘]. Buchnummer des Verkäufers 725