DARWIN, Charles Robert (1809-1882)

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Lot 200 | DARWIN, Charles Robert (1809-1882)
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DARWIN, Charles Robert (1809-1882)

'Manual of Geology.' Offprint from: Admiralty Manual of Scientific Enquiry. London: William Clowes, 1859.

Rare; a particularly fine copy, in near mint condition, of the second separately printed issue of Darwin's contribution to the Manual of Scientific Enquiry edited by Sir John Herschel. Freeman 330.



Octavo (174 x 124mm). Offprint, 34pp. Publisher's cloth-backed printed drab stiff wrappers (tiny printing flaw to 'U' of 'Manual' on front cover, otherwise near mint).





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