DARWIN- O POWSTAWANIU GATUNKOW / ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES ed. 1884
DARWIN Charles (1809—1882).
DARWIN- O POWSTAWANIU GATUNKOW / ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES / ABOUT THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES
the way of natural selection, that is, about the maintenance of the more perfect races in the struggle for existence.
"On the Origin of Species by means of natural selection, or the preservation of favored races in the struggle for life."
Szymon Dickstein and Jozef Nussbaum translated. (Works of Charles Darwin, vol. I).
Warsaw 1884-5, Publishing House of Przegląd Tygodniowy, pp. 437, XVI, 1k. illustration tables; format 17x24.5cm
An early edition of a work by Charles Robert Darwin (born February 12, 1809 in Shrewsbury, died April 19, 1882 in Downe) - British naturalist and geologist, creator of the theory of evolution, according to which all species are derived from earlier forms, the author of the publications in which he presented arguments to support his thesis.
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HARD BINDING OF THE CIRCLES FROM THE AGE, CONVEX BONDING ON THE BACK, PRESSING AND GILDING. MARMORIZED CARD CUTS
GOOD CONDITION / binding abrasions, worn corners, no movable end caps and pre-stamps, traces after removing the seal from the titled sheet, one sheet with a tired margin, a small hole on the board, some discoloration of the paper and rusty spots
Provenance: seal of the collection of Jan Michalski.
Jan Michalski (born 1889, died 1945) - Polish bookseller and publisher, co-owner of the Trzaska, Evert and Michalski Publishing House in Warsaw