The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex

by Charles Darwin

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First edition

First edition, first issue with errata on verso of vol. II title-leaf . viii, 423, 1 ; viii, ii , 475, 1 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Publisher's green cloth. Light wear to covers, expertly recased. Bookplate. Freeman 937. Item #376128 Darwin's Descent of Man created an uproar second only to his Origin of the Species; however, “contrary to popular error, prevalent now as well as then, Darwin never said that

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