ID 993206
Lot 199 | DARWIN, Charles Robert (1809-1882)
On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection. London: John Murray, 1859.
First edition of 'the most important single work in science' (Dibner). 'It will live as long as the "Principia" of Newton ... Mr. Darwin has given the world a new science, and his name should in my opinion, stand above that of every philosopher of ancient and modern times. The force of admiration can no further go!!!' (Alfred Russel Wallace, quoted by Janet Browne, Charles Darwin II, pp.139-140). Although some key observations and findings from the voyage of the Beagle acted as his initial inspiration, Darwin's ideas about the beneficial mutation of species did not cohere into the theory of evolution until his reading of Thomas Malthus's Essay on the Principle of Population in the latter half of 1838. The gestation of the theory was slow, but in 1856, following a conversation with Sir Charles Lyell about his hypothesis, Darwin was determined to bring it to a conclusion. Two years later he had composed an extended treatise entitled 'Natural Selection', some two thirds complete at 250,000 words. Then in June 1858, Darwin received a letter about evolution from Alfred Russel Wallace, who had independently arrived at similar conclusions. The two scientists issued a joint paper on the subject at the Linnean Society on 1 July. Darwin was now forced to publish, and urged on by Hooker, he condensed his big book into an 'abstract' of some 155,000 words. 'The book, stripped of references and academic paraphernalia, was aimed not at the specialists, but directly at the reading public'. Finally published as On the Origin of Species on 24 November 1859, it expounded a theory of evolution that was recognisably superior and of infinitely greater impact than all previous hypotheses explaining biological diversity. The only portion of Darwin's larger work to be published was Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication in 1868. 'A turning point, not only in the history of science, but in the history of ideas in general' (DSB). Dibner Heralds 199; Eimas Heirs 1724; Freeman 373; Garrison-Morton (1991) 220; Grolier, Science 23b; Norman 593; PMM 344b; Milestones of Science 49; Waller 10786.
Octavo-in-12s (198 x 124mm). Half-title, folding lithographic diagram, 32pp. of publisher's adverts at end dated June 1859 in Freeman’s variant 3 (no priority; half-title, title and first 2 leaves of contents repaired at gutter, title and first leaf of contents faintly creased, occasional faint spotting fractionally heavier at beginning, 30mm repaired tear to pp.467-8 just affecting a couple of letters, very short marginal tear to index leaf pp.497-8, a couple of tiny insignificant nicks from where the leaves have been opened, but generally clean and fresh). Original publisher's green cloth, uncut, in Freeman's variant a (no priority; hinges restored, endpapers rubbed, extremities faintly rubbed); contained in a modern green morocco-backed cloth box. Provenance: Roy Norr (bookplate, [1910]) – Paul Hyde Bonner (1893-1968, American financier, diplomat, author and book collector; armorial bookplate) – John D. Sherman, Jr (1872-1960; entomologist and entomological book dealer, sold to:) – Melville Harrison Hatch (1898-1988, American entomologist; cheque dated 6 November 1945 to Sherman for $85 for the book loosely inserted, and bookplate).
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| Artiste: | Charles Robert Darwin (1809 - 1882) |
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| Artiste: | Charles Robert Darwin (1809 - 1882) |
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| Lieu d'origine: | Europe du Nord, Europe, Royaume-Uni |
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