DARWIN- ZMIENNOSC ZWIERZAT I ROSLIN / THE VARIATION UNDER ANIMALS AND PLANTS UNDER DOMESTICATION ed. 1888
DARWIN Charles / Karol
ZMIENNOSC ZWIERZAT I ROSLIN / THE VARIATION UNDER ANIMALS AND PLANTS UNDER DOMESTICATION
translated
Jozef Nusbaum [doctor of zoology]
Volume I-II [complete]
Warsaw 1888-9, Wydawnictwo Przegladu Tygodniowego, pp. 357 [III], 379 [VIII, VI], pic. in text; format 18X25.5 cm
First Polish edition.
Rare book!
FULL LEATHER BINDING, MARBLED ENDPAPERS, FORE EDGE IN THE SAME PATTERN AND GENTLY WAXED
GOOD CONDITION/ own vis. on the titled sheet, on the titled sheet, the donor and the signature in pencil, yellow paper, minimal loss of the corner of the initial pages, a library seal on the reverse of the title, a few final sheets with slight stuck marks, one of which is slightly torn , in the t1st one from the end of the list with the bottom margin truncated;
On the title. in both volumes: "Gift from Mr. Z. Szymanowski".
Zygmunt Szymanowski (born November 16, 1873 in Warsaw, died May 8, 1956 in Łódź) - Polish doctor and microbiologist, full professor, university lecturer, social activist, PPS activist, soldier of the Polish Legions, lieutenant-colonel-doctor of the Polish Army, four times decorated with the Cross of Valor , in People's Poland, a member of the National Council and the Legislative Sejm (1947–1952), a member of the Central Committee of the Polish United Workers' Party from its inception until his death.