JOURNAL OF RESEARCHES INTO THE NATURAL HISTORY AND GEOLOGY OF THE COUNTRIES VISITED DURING THE VOYAGE OF H.M.S. BEAGLE ROUND THE WORLD, under the Command of Capt. FitzRoy, R.N. By Charles Darwin, M.A., F.R.S.

DARWIN, CHARLES.

Verlag: T. Nelson and Sons, Paternoster Row., London, 1890

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8vo. 6 x 8 inches. 615 pp. Bound in original maroon cloth, gilt, Bevelled edges. extremities worn, including head and tail of spine. Scattered traces of foxing, but otherwise a very good clean copy. 1890 prize bookplate on first free endpaper and 2005 signature on second free endpaper. Illustrated by 22 plates, including frontispiece and by six text figures. First published in 1839, and in its definitive text in 1860. The Thomas Nelson illustrated edition first appeared in 1888 (Freeman 63). NATURAL HISTORY/SCIENCE DARWIN NATURAL HISTORY ANIMALS TRAVEL 19TH CENTURY NATURAL HISTORY/SCIENCE. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 25572

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Titel: JOURNAL OF RESEARCHES INTO THE NATURAL ...

Verlag: T. Nelson and Sons, Paternoster Row., London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1890