1845 RARE Charles Darwin Voyages HMS Beagle Evolution Journal of Researches

1845 RARE Charles Darwin Voyages HMS Beagle Evolution Journal of Researches

“One general law, leading to the advancement of all organic beings, namely, multiply, vary, let the strongest live and the weakest die.”  

― Charles Darwin, The Origin of Species

First published as ‘The Voyage of The Beagle,’ Charles Darwin’s ‘Journal of Researches’ covers his discoveries on his second survey expedition on the HMS Beagle. It was on this voyage that Darwin began developing his theories of evolution, in particular his theory of natural selection. The book is organized by the locations that Darwin visited throughout South America and the South Pacific Islands.

This highly rare and desirable 1845 second edition was published in London by Murray.

Item number: #26976

Price: $750

DARWIN, Charles

Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries Visited During the Voyage of the H.M.S. Beagle : Round the World, Under the Command of Capt. Fitz Roy,

London: John Murray, 1845.

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages
  • viii, 519, [1]
  • ~Dozen in-text figures
• Language: English
• References: Freeman 14
• Binding: Leather; secure
  • Leather with marbled boards
• Size: ~7in X 5in (18cm x 12.5cm)

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