1875 1st ed Charles Darwin Insectivorous Plants Carnivorous Botany Evolution

1875 1^st ed Charles Darwin Insectivorous Plants Carnivorous Botany Evolution

“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

A rare first American edition of Charles Darwin’s “Insectivorous Plants”. This book was a study of Darwin’s experiments and observations on carnivorous plants, paying special attention to the conditions in which they lived. His most important finding was that these insect-eating plants only reacted to the movements of animals, not the prodding of a researcher. He also discovered many of the different ways these plants catch their prey, such as sticky substances, or hinged mouth-like leaves.

Item number: #40798

Price: $599

DARWIN, Charles

Insectivorous Plants

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1875. First American edition.

Details:

• Collation: Complete
  • x, 462, [8]
  • 30 in-text illustrations throughout
• References: Freeman 1238
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure
  • Cloth
• Size: ~8in X 5.5in (20cm x 13.5cm)

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