On the origin of species by means of natural selection, : or, The preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life.
Charles Darwin, W. West, Adam, fl 1859? Holden (Former owner), William Clowes and Sons (Printer), John Murray (Firm) (Publisher), Edmonds & Remnants (Binder)
It took Charles Darwin more than twenty years to publish this book, in part because he realized that it would ignite a firestorm of controversy. The Origin of Species first appeared in 1859, and it remains a continuing source of conflict to this day. Even among those who reject its ideas, however, the work's impact is undeniable. In science, philosophy, and theology, this is a book that changed the world. In addition to its status as the focus of a dramatic turning point in scientific thought, On the Origin of Species stands as a remarkably readable study. Carefully reasoned and well-documented in its arguments, the work offers coherent views of natural selection, adaptation, the struggle for existence, survival of the fittest, and other concepts that form the foundation of modern evolutionary theory.--Amazon.com
Binders' tickets (Binding) Edmonds & Remnants, London
ix, [1], 502, 32 p., [1] folded leaf of plates : ill. ; 21 cm.
1029641431
Introduction
I. Variation under domestication
II. Variation under nature
III. Struggle for existence
IV. Natural selection
V. Laws of variation
VI. Difficulties on theory
VII. Instinct
VIII. Hybridism
IX. On the imperfection of the geological record
X. On the geological succession of organic beings
XI. Geographical distribution
XII. Geographical distribution- continued
XIII. Mutual affinities of organic beings; morphology: embryology: rudimentary organs
XIV. Recapitulation and conclusion
Index
"There is only one issue of the first edition, the text being identical in all copies. There are, however, small differences in the cases and in the inserted advertisements." These points are identified by: two quotations on p. [ii], the verso of the half title, from W. Whewell and Bacon ; misprint 'speceies' on p. 20, line 11 ; whale-bear story in full on p. 184 (also in Peckham's ed.) ; single folded lithographic diagram facing p. 117. Cf. R.B. Freeman
"London : printed by W. Clowes and Sons, Stamford Street, and Charing Cross"--T.p. verso and colophon
"Down, Bromley, Kent, October 1st, 1859"--At foot of p. [ii] below W. Whewell and Bacon quotations
"W[illiam]. West lith. Hatton Garden"--folded lithographic diagram facing p. 117, representing Darwin's views of possible sequences of evolution
Publisher's catalogue, 32 p. at end: "Albemarle Street, London. June, 1859. Mr Murray's general list of works"
Includes index
Binding: green textured cloth, blind stamped fillets enclosing foliate designs and central panel ; spine stamped and ornamented in gold ; mid-brown endpapers
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