The Descent of Man, and Selection in relation to Sex
DARWIN, Charles
Second Edition, Revised and Augmented. Twenty-First Thousand.
NEAR FINE COPY OF THE SECOND EDITION
Published: John Murray, 1888
Stock code: 51347
Price: £640.00
8vo., Second Edition, Twenty-First Thousand, with numerous illustrations (a number full-page) in the text, neat contemporary signature on front paste-down; original arches-style green cloth, boards framed in blind, gilt back, chocolate endpapers, a near fine copy.
The second edition, first published in 1874, is divided into three parts instead of the two of the first, sexual selection in relation to man being separated off as a third part. The printing of 1877 (the twelfth thousand) has added at the end, pp. 620-624, a supplemental note reprinted from 'Nature' of 2 November 1876, p.18. This is the definitive text of the work, reproduced in the present edition. The Descent of Man is notable as the first of Darwin's works to contain (on p.1 of the Introduction in this edition) the word 'evolution' (see Freeman, p.30). VERY SCARCE INDEED IN THIS CONDITION. Freeman, 258; see also Freeman (BNHB) 917.