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DARWIN, CHARLES. 1809-1882. The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex. London: John Murray, 1871.
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DARWIN, CHARLES. 1809-1882.
The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex. London: John Murray, 1871.
2 volumes. Green Levant morocco gilt by Bayntun.
*With: a uniformly-bound late edition of On the Original of Species.
FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, OF DARWIN'S FIRST PRINTED USE OF THE WORD "EVOLUTION," as well as his first work to deal explicitly with evolution in man. Referred to as his "book on man," Darwin's Descent was the inexorable culmination of his theory of evolution, but he avoided commenting on the subject in print for many years fearing political repercussions. "This is really two works. The first demolished the theory that the universe was created for Man, while in the second Darwin presented a mass of evidence in support of his earlier hypothesis regarding sexual selection" (Garrsion Morton 170). Freeman 937; Norman 599.
2 volumes. Green Levant morocco gilt by Bayntun.
*With: a uniformly-bound late edition of On the Original of Species.
FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, OF DARWIN'S FIRST PRINTED USE OF THE WORD "EVOLUTION," as well as his first work to deal explicitly with evolution in man. Referred to as his "book on man," Darwin's Descent was the inexorable culmination of his theory of evolution, but he avoided commenting on the subject in print for many years fearing political repercussions. "This is really two works. The first demolished the theory that the universe was created for Man, while in the second Darwin presented a mass of evidence in support of his earlier hypothesis regarding sexual selection" (Garrsion Morton 170). Freeman 937; Norman 599.

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