Journal of researches into the natural history and geology of the countries visited during the voyage round the world of H.M.S. ‘Beagle’ under the command of Captain Fitz Roy, R.N.

A$125 · Offered by Douglas Stewart Fine Books

Limited edition

(From the Corrected and Enlarged Edition of 1845). With a Biographical Introduction. London, New York, and Melbourne : Ward, Lock and Co.; 1890. Seventh edition. The Minerva Library of Famous Books. Edited by G. T. Bettany, M.A., B.Sc. Octavo, lettered cloth, patterned endpapers (contemporary owner s name to endpaper), pp. xx; 381; [blank], [2 advertisements], [12] advertisements); 16 plates, several text illustrations (including maps), index. An account of the five years that English naturalist Charles Darwin spent traveling around the world on the HMS Beagle, a voyage that led him to develop his theory of the evolution of the species. Not in Ferguson; Freeman 60. The biographical introduction is by the editor, G. T. Bettany

• Binding: Hardcover

Found via Rare Books Intel, a search across rare-book dealers, auction houses and marketplaces worldwide.