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1876 1st ed Charles Darwin Movement & Habits Climbing Plants Botany Evolution
by DARWIN, Charles
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
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1876 1st ed Charles Darwin Movement & Habits Climbing Plants Botany Evolution
"One general law, leading to the advancement of all organic beings, namely, multiply, vary, let the strongest live and the weakest die."
― Charles Darwin, The Origin of Species
This book, 'Movement and Habits of Climbing Plants,' focusses primarily on his observation on climbing plants from Southern Brazil with focus on differences in grown and mechanisms of movement in twining plants. The illustrations were drawn by George Darwin, son of Charles Darwin.
Item number: #17409
Price: $750
DARWIN, Charles
The Movement and Habits of Climbing Plants
London: John Murray., 1876. First edition. Second Thousand
Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages
o viii, 208
o Illustrated throughout
· References: Freeman 836
· Provenance:
o Bookplate – Ellis R. Brockman
o Handwritten – Herbert Fryer
· Language: English
· Binding: Leather; tight and secure
· Size: ~7.5in X 5in (19cm x 13cm)
· Rare and desirable
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- Bookseller
- Schilb Antiquarian Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17409
- Title
- 1876 1st ed Charles Darwin Movement & Habits Climbing Plants Botany Evolution
- Author
- DARWIN, Charles
- Format/Binding
- Leather; tight and secure
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1876
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 1876, 1st ed, Charles Darwin, Movement & Habits, Climbing Plants, Botany, Evolution, The Movement and Habits of Climbing Plants, rare, antique, old, first edition, 1st state, provenance, signed, inscribed, dust jacket, vellum, manuscript, engravings, illu
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