DARWIN, Charles.

On the Origin of Species, by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life.

London: John Murray, 1860. Second edition, second issue, fifth thousand, 8vo, x, 502 pp, bound without the advertisements. Folding table, leaf N2 (pp. 267/8) with some marginal loss and old tape repairs. Modern green half calf, marbled sides and endpapers. Freeman 376. First published the previous year. The first issue of the second edition also appeared in 1859; but for the the mention of "fifth thousand" on the title page the two issues are identical. Item #48456

Price: £3,500.00