DARWIN, Charles.

Inquire · Offered by Peter Harrington

The Formation of Vegetable Mould, through the Action of Worms, with Observations on their Habits. First edition, sixth printing, following the first of the previous year, with a contemporary albumen portrait photograph of Darwin mounted to the front free endpaper verso. The photograph, heavily faded, was taken by Herbert Rose Barraud (1845-1896), and was the last portrait taken before Darwin's death in 1882.Provenance: Stephen C. Massey.

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