Description

• Handsome Reprint [John Murray, London, 1906] of Sixth Edition Popular Impression; xxxi, 703pp inc index; light green cloth, indented dark green titling & decoration to front board, gold titling to spine, Darwin portrait frontispiece [with tissue guard], fold-out diagram; some insect damage to boards, black mark at block base, otherwise excellent
• Fully titled: The Origin Of Species By Means Of Natural Selection Or The Preservation Of Favoured Races In The Struggle For Life
• One of the most famous science books ever composed, The Origin Of Species crystallised Darwin’s Theory of Evolution and profoundly altered humankind’s understanding of life on Earth