The Works of Charles Darwin. Vol. 1-29
- Series : The Works of Charles Darwin (Ed. Barrett, P.H. & Freeman, R.B.)
- Publisher : New York University Press
- Illustrations : facsimile title pages, col + b/w plates, folding maps, text figs
Description:
Pickering Masters edition, complete in 29 volumes.Pickering Masters edition, complete in 29 volumes. Introduction by Paul Barrett, which explains that ‘The selection of the particular edition of the books published in Darwin's life-time which are included in this collection, was based on the concept of a 'definitive' text. Both the First and Sixth edition (eighteenth thousand, 1876) of On the Origin of Species are included, since both represent definitive versions'. Also included are several posthumously publications. A brief introduction is given to each work.
Works include: Diary of the Beagle, Journal of the Beagle, Zoology of the Beagle, Geology of the Beagle, Origin of Species Foundations, Cirripedia Lepadidae I, Ballanidae I & II, Fossil Lepadidae and Fossil Balanidae, Origin of Species 1859, 1876, Fertilization of Orchids, Climbing Plants, Variation under Domestication, Descent of Man, Expression of Emotions, Insectivorous Plants, Cross and Self Fertilization, Different Forms of Flowers, Power of Movement in Plants, Formation of Vegetable Mould by Worms, Erasmus, Darwin, Autobiography, Index.
Condition
29 vols, 8vo, orig. green cloth, gilt titles. Vg.
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