Journal of Researches, into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries visited during the Voyage round the world of HMS Beagle under Command of Captain Fitz Roy.
London: John Murray, 1912. 8vo, (16), 521 pp. Frontispiece plus 16 plates and a few illustrations in the text plus 2 folding maps which were added to this edition, contemporary signature to front blank, marbled endpapers, St. Paul's School prize label to paste down. Contemporary dark blue half calf, a.e.g., gilt arms to upper cover, an excellent copy. "It is impossible to overrate the influence of the voyage on Darwin's career: it was both his education and his opportunity. He left England untried and almost uneducated for science, he returned a successful collector, a practiced and brilliant geologist, and with a wide general knowledge of zoology gained at first hand in many parts of the world" (DNB). The lessons learnt and specimens taken around the world led directly to "The Origin of Species" 20 years later. Freeman 122. Item #47762
Price: £120.00