The Origin of Species by means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life
- Collection : Ken Smith
- Publisher : John Murray
- Published In : London
- Illustrations : folding diagram
Description:
Sixth edition. Fifty-first thousand. The sixth edition (first published 1872, and reissued many times) is regarded as the last and contains Darwin's final major corrections and revisions, including a new chapter, VII, inserted to confute the views of the Roman Catholic biologist St George Mivart. The title is changed to 'The Origin of Species', and it is in the sixth edition that the word 'evolution' appears for the first time.
Freeman 455.
Condition
8vo (190x130mm), cont. half morocco, raised bands + gilt dec. to spine, marbled boards + endpapers, teg. Light rubbing to extremities, small chip to head of spine; front inner hinge cracked, but firm. Vg.
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