Darwin (Charles) Insectivorous Plants, first edition, first issue, 1875; and another by the same (2)

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First edition

Darwin (Charles) Insectivorous Plants, first edition, first issue, 30 illustrations, [Freeman 1217], 1875; The Movements and Habits of Climbing Plants, second thousand, 13 woodcut illustrations, 32pp. publisher's catalogue, light spotting to half-title and publisher's catalogue, remnants of bookplate, [Freeman 837], 1876, hinges cracked but firm, original green cloth, first mentioned upper cover slightly marked, 8vo (2) *** First mentioned: "His sons helped with the illustrations, George doing those for Drosera and Dionaea and Francis those for Aldrovanda and Utricularia. He himself was no draughtsman, but text figures 7 and 8 were cut from his drawings." (Freeman p. 149).

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