The Selected Works. [Journal of Researches (on) the Voyage of HMS Beagle; The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs; Geological Observations; The Origin of Species (2 vols); The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication (2 vols); The Descent of Man; The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals; Insectivorous Plants; The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species; The Power of Movement in Plants; The Formation of Vegetable Mould Through the Action of Worms; The Life and Letters, Edited by his Son Francis Darwin (2 vols)].

DARWIN, Charles.

Edité par New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1896-97

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The Authorized edition, uncommon complete with the publisher's half morocco bindings in bright and attractive condition. The American publisher Appleton made the first serious attempt towards a uniform collection, an idea that was most comprehensively achieved nine decades later under the imprint "The Pickering Masters" (1986-9). There was no collected edition published during Darwin's lifetime. Together, 12 works in 15 vols, octavo. Illustrated with photographic half-tone plates, folding maps, line drawings, and diagrams. Original red half morocco, spines lettered in gilt, marbled sides, top edges gilt, other edges uncut, some leaves unopened. Bookseller's ticket on rear pastedowns. Bindings bright, the spines near-uniformly red, faint splash mark to a few top edges, affecting outer leaves, clean overall, trivial stub tear to a couple of folding maps. A near-fine set.

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• Titre: The Selected Works. [Journal of Researches (on) the Voyage of HMS Beagle; The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs; Geological Observations; The Origin of Species (2 vols); The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication (2 vols); The Descent of Man; The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals; Insectivorous Plants; The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species; The Power of Movement in Plants; The Formation of Vegetable Mould Through the Action of Worms; The ...
• Éditeur: New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1896-97
• Édition: Edition originale