May 01, 2014 - Sale 2348

Sale 2348 - Lot 209

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Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 2,000
DARWIN, CHARLES. The Descent of Man. Half-titles; without inserted ads. 2 volumes. first edition, first issue * On the Origin of Species. Frontispiece; folding table. Half-title; without preceding ad leaf. Together, 3 volumes. 8vo, 182x120 and 187x128 mm, uniform green levant gilt with red and purple morocco lettering pieces, by Bayntun of Bath; contents clean; gilt edges. London, 1871; 1900
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Darwin's principal works on evolution, attractively bound to match. Freeman 937, 467-68; Garrison-Morton 170, 220 (1859 original edition).