Darwin (Charles) The Formation of Vegetable Mould through the action of Worms, with observations on their habits, third thousand, wood-engraved illustrations, errata slip, advertisement f. at end, original blind-stamped and gilt green cloth, rubbed at extremities, a very good copy, 8vo, 1881. ⁂ Provenance: 'To the model maiden of the 19th century Jessie Beck from Theodore Beck, Dec 13, 1881', with 3 capital letters depicted as worms (inscription to front endpaper). Theodore Beck was the Principal of the Mahommedan Anglo-Oriental College, Aligarh, in the years 1884-99. A card bearing a contemporary verse on the death of Darwin, signed with initials R.F.F, is mounted on front free endpaper.
Darwin (Charles) The Formation of Vegetable Mould through the action of Worms, with observations on their habits, third thousand, wood-engraved illustrations, errata slip, advertisement f. at end, original blind-stamped and gilt green cloth, rubbed at extremities, a very good copy, 8vo, 1881. ⁂ Provenance: 'To the model maiden of the 19th century Jessie Beck from Theodore Beck, Dec 13, 1881', with 3 capital letters depicted as worms (inscription to front endpaper). Theodore Beck was the Principal of the Mahommedan Anglo-Oriental College, Aligarh, in the years 1884-99. A card bearing a contemporary verse on the death of Darwin, signed with initials R.F.F, is mounted on front free endpaper.
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