Darwin, CharlesJournal of Researches into the Geology and Natural History of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle. London: Henry Colburn, 1839
8vo (228 x 144 mm). Half-title, folding maps of South America and the Keeling Islands, 16pp. publisher's advertisements at end dated August 1829; splits to folds of maps, old repairs to versos of maps, some spotting and soiling, a few instances of staining and dampstaining. Later half brown pebble-grain morocco and green cloth-covered boards, spine with raised bands in four compartments, second gilt-lettered, others decoratively ruled in gilt, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers; extremities rubbed, joints starting.
First separate edition of Darwin's first published book.
Darwin's first book was originally issued as the third volume of Narrative of the Surveying Voyages, with the title "Journal and Remarks, 1832–1836." In the same year, it was also issued separately, under the title Journal of Researches into the Geology and Natural History of the Various Countries Visited by H.M.S. Beagle, as is the present copy. It conveys his own account of the Beagle's voyage, and is an outstanding narrative of natural history exploration, which described the fieldwork that ultimately led to the Origin of Species.
Darwin served as the naturalist aboard the Admiralty survey ship Beagle during her circumnavigation, which included ports in Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Tierra del Fuego, Peru, the Galapagos Islands, Tahiti, New Zealand, and Australia. "The five years of the voyage were the most important event in Darwin's intellectual life and in the history of biological science. Darwin sailed with no formal scientific training. He returned a hard-headed man of science, knowing the importance of evidence, almost convinced that species had not always been as they were since the creation but had undergone change. ... The experiences of his five years in the Beagle, how he dealt with them, and what they led to, built up into a process of epoch-making importance in the history of thought" (DSB). In the "Recollections" he composed in 1876, Darwin himself stated that "The voyage of the Beagle has been by far the most important event in my life, and has determined my whole career" (Life and Letters 1:61).
REFERENCE:Freeman 11
Darwin, CharlesJournal of Researches into the Geology and Natural History of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle. London: Henry Colburn, 1839
8vo (228 x 144 mm). Half-title, folding maps of South America and the Keeling Islands, 16pp. publisher's advertisements at end dated August 1829; splits to folds of maps, old repairs to versos of maps, some spotting and soiling, a few instances of staining and dampstaining. Later half brown pebble-grain morocco and green cloth-covered boards, spine with raised bands in four compartments, second gilt-lettered, others decoratively ruled in gilt, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers; extremities rubbed, joints starting.
First separate edition of Darwin's first published book.
Darwin's first book was originally issued as the third volume of Narrative of the Surveying Voyages, with the title "Journal and Remarks, 1832–1836." In the same year, it was also issued separately, under the title Journal of Researches into the Geology and Natural History of the Various Countries Visited by H.M.S. Beagle, as is the present copy. It conveys his own account of the Beagle's voyage, and is an outstanding narrative of natural history exploration, which described the fieldwork that ultimately led to the Origin of Species.
Darwin served as the naturalist aboard the Admiralty survey ship Beagle during her circumnavigation, which included ports in Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Tierra del Fuego, Peru, the Galapagos Islands, Tahiti, New Zealand, and Australia. "The five years of the voyage were the most important event in Darwin's intellectual life and in the history of biological science. Darwin sailed with no formal scientific training. He returned a hard-headed man of science, knowing the importance of evidence, almost convinced that species had not always been as they were since the creation but had undergone change. ... The experiences of his five years in the Beagle, how he dealt with them, and what they led to, built up into a process of epoch-making importance in the history of thought" (DSB). In the "Recollections" he composed in 1876, Darwin himself stated that "The voyage of the Beagle has been by far the most important event in my life, and has determined my whole career" (Life and Letters 1:61).
REFERENCE:Freeman 11
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