THE DESCENT OF MAN, AND SELECTION IN RELATION TO SEX
by Charles Darwin
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket
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About This Item
NY: D. Appleton and Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1875. Hardcover. Sex; Science; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; A very early edition, possibly 3rd. Worldcat locates no copies. Introduction states 2nd edition and is dated 1874 and states 2nd edition but it is bylined Kent England and not USA. Publisher's brown cloth with modest rubbing to extremities. Illustrated. Spotting to frontis, contents generally VG. Solid. .
Synopsis
The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex is a book on evolutionary theory by English naturalist Charles Darwin, first published in 1871. It was Darwin's second great book on evolutionary theory, following his 1859 work, On The Origin of Species. In The Descent of Man, Darwin applies evolutionary theory to human evolution, and details his theory of sexual selection.
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- Title
- THE DESCENT OF MAN, AND SELECTION IN RELATION TO SEX
- Author
- Charles Darwin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Publisher
- D. Appleton and Company
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1875
- Bookseller catalogs
- EVOLUTION;
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