Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries Visited during the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle Round the World
- Publisher : Ward, Lock & Co.
- Published In : London
- Illustrations : portrait frontis, 15 plates, wood engravings to text
Description:
With a biographical introduction by G.T. Bettany. Taken from Darwin's journals while on the H.M.S. Beagle, these notes form a background for ideas he would later develop in On the Origin of Species, while also serving as an excellent travel narrative of the voyage around South America, New Zealand, and Australia, as well as the famous survey of the Galapagos Islands.
Freeman 95.
Condition
8vo, cont. black half leather, spine with raised bands, gilt title and gilt motifs to compartments, marbled endpapers, teg. Lightly rubbed to extremities. Some foxing to edge of text block and occaional light foxing internally. Owner's name to half-title. Vg.
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