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DARWIN, CHARLES. 1809-1882. The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex. New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1871.
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DARWIN, CHARLES. 1809-1882.
The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex. New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1871.
2 volumes, 8vo (192 x 123 mm). Wood engraved illustrations in text. Contemporary half calf and marbled boards, spines gilt with 5 raised bands, morocco lettering pieces. Rubbed, ownership inscriptions on flyleaves (W. McCullough), minor browning.
FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, published the same year as the London edition. "In the Origin, Darwin had avoided discussing the place occupied by Homo sapiens in the scheme of natural selection, stating only that 'life will be thrown on the origin of man and his history.' Twelve years later he made good his promise with The Descent of Man, in which he compared man's physical and psychological characteristics to similar traits in apes and other animals, showing how even man's mind and moral sense could have developed through evolutionary processes. In discussing man's ancestry, Darwin did not claim that man was directly descended from apes as we know them today, but stated simply that the extent ancestors of Homo sapiens would have to be classified among the primates; however, this statement, as misinterpreted by the popular press, caused a furor second only to that raised by the Origin" (Norman 599). Freeman 941.
2 volumes, 8vo (192 x 123 mm). Wood engraved illustrations in text. Contemporary half calf and marbled boards, spines gilt with 5 raised bands, morocco lettering pieces. Rubbed, ownership inscriptions on flyleaves (W. McCullough), minor browning.
FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, published the same year as the London edition. "In the Origin, Darwin had avoided discussing the place occupied by Homo sapiens in the scheme of natural selection, stating only that 'life will be thrown on the origin of man and his history.' Twelve years later he made good his promise with The Descent of Man, in which he compared man's physical and psychological characteristics to similar traits in apes and other animals, showing how even man's mind and moral sense could have developed through evolutionary processes. In discussing man's ancestry, Darwin did not claim that man was directly descended from apes as we know them today, but stated simply that the extent ancestors of Homo sapiens would have to be classified among the primates; however, this statement, as misinterpreted by the popular press, caused a furor second only to that raised by the Origin" (Norman 599). Freeman 941.