The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex (second edition) 41-120 with plates in 1878

41-120 with plates in 1878 and pp

folio (14 x 11

James Ellis Humphrey (1861-1897) was an American botanist and mycologist graduated from Harvard University

2 large fold-out plan views

ISBN 9784947708090 Limited Edition

The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex (second edition) 41-120 with plates in 1878Pp. xvi, 693; 18 text figures (woodcuts). Publishers original forest green cloth with spine lettered in gilt and with ornate gilt decorations at the top and bottom of the spine, the front and rear cloth covered boards have blind stamped border decorations, brown clay coated endpapers, 8vo. This is Freeman 966, which is the second revised and augmented edition, the 23rd thousand. Darwin tackled the question of human evolution and natural selection in