ROBERT FITZROY (1805-1865), PHILIP PARKER KING (1793-1856), CHARLES ROBERT DARWIN (1809-1882) A Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle, 1826-1836, describing their examination of the Southern Shores of South America, and the Beagle's Circumnavigation of the Globe. In Three Volumes. I: Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830, under the Command of Captain P. Parker King. II: Proceedings of the Second Expedition, 1831-1836, under the command of Captain Robert Fitzroy [- Appendix to the Second Volume]. III: Journal of Researches into the Geology and Natural History of the Various Countries Visited by H.M.S. Beagle, under the Command of Captain Fitzroy, from 1832 to 1836. By Charles Darwin . London: J.L. Cox and Sons [vols I-II and 'Appendix'] and whiting [vol. III] for Henry Colburn, 1839. 4 volumes and map case, 8° (233 x 152mm). 47 engraved plates and views including 2 charts; 9 folding maps, 8 loose in map case and 1 bound-in, with vol. III half-title. (Occasional spotting to some plates, bound without advertisements) Original blue cloth [Freeman binding variant a ], boards blocked in blind, spines lettered in gilt with the authors' names and the publisher's name 'COLBURN , LONDON' (spine ends snagged, short tears at hinges, vol. II strengthened with cloth hinges, press cutting stitched to contents leaf) and 20th-century cloth map case. Provenance : Major Chipchase (inscribed to him by Robert Fitzroy on vol. I title-page). PRESENTATION COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION AND FIRST ISSUE of Darwin's work, 'Journal and Remarks 1832-1836', printed before the end of January 1839, the month he was elected to the Royal Society, and so without the letters F.R.S. after his name on second title. Described as 'one of the most famous journeys ever undertaken', the Admiralty Surveying Expedition of H.M.S. Beagle (1831-1836) carried the 23-year old Charles Darwin as Naturalist and Geologist. It was his observations on the voyage which gave birth to and gradually strengthened his convictions regarding natural selection and evolution. On the first voyage of 1826-1830, King and Fitzroy charted the coasts of Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego, and on the second voyage (1831-1836) further charted the South American and Australian coasts, the Galapagos Islands, New Zealand and Tahiti. Magnetic observations in the appendix are by Edward Sabine who was with both John Ross and William Parry in the Arctic. Darwin's own investigations, most notably in the Galapagos, are fully contained in vol. III, together with his journey up the Paraná River and into the Andes towards the Cordillera. He later wrote that this voyage had 'been by far the most important event in my life, and has determined my whole career'. Expedition artists were Augustus Earle and Conrad Martens from whose drawings many of the engravings were prepared. Major Chipchase, the recipient of this set, was a close personal friend of Fitzroy, and was his intermediary and second in a celebrated political quarrel with William Sheppard regarding alleged irregularities during the 1841 General Election. Both sides published on the matter and violence was threatened but a duel was averted. Sabin 37826; Freeman 10. (5)
ROBERT FITZROY (1805-1865), PHILIP PARKER KING (1793-1856), CHARLES ROBERT DARWIN (1809-1882) A Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle, 1826-1836, describing their examination of the Southern Shores of South America, and the Beagle's Circumnavigation of the Globe. In Three Volumes. I: Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830, under the Command of Captain P. Parker King. II: Proceedings of the Second Expedition, 1831-1836, under the command of Captain Robert Fitzroy [- Appendix to the Second Volume]. III: Journal of Researches into the Geology and Natural History of the Various Countries Visited by H.M.S. Beagle, under the Command of Captain Fitzroy, from 1832 to 1836. By Charles Darwin . London: J.L. Cox and Sons [vols I-II and 'Appendix'] and whiting [vol. III] for Henry Colburn, 1839. 4 volumes and map case, 8° (233 x 152mm). 47 engraved plates and views including 2 charts; 9 folding maps, 8 loose in map case and 1 bound-in, with vol. III half-title. (Occasional spotting to some plates, bound without advertisements) Original blue cloth [Freeman binding variant a ], boards blocked in blind, spines lettered in gilt with the authors' names and the publisher's name 'COLBURN , LONDON' (spine ends snagged, short tears at hinges, vol. II strengthened with cloth hinges, press cutting stitched to contents leaf) and 20th-century cloth map case. Provenance : Major Chipchase (inscribed to him by Robert Fitzroy on vol. I title-page). PRESENTATION COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION AND FIRST ISSUE of Darwin's work, 'Journal and Remarks 1832-1836', printed before the end of January 1839, the month he was elected to the Royal Society, and so without the letters F.R.S. after his name on second title. Described as 'one of the most famous journeys ever undertaken', the Admiralty Surveying Expedition of H.M.S. Beagle (1831-1836) carried the 23-year old Charles Darwin as Naturalist and Geologist. It was his observations on the voyage which gave birth to and gradually strengthened his convictions regarding natural selection and evolution. On the first voyage of 1826-1830, King and Fitzroy charted the coasts of Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego, and on the second voyage (1831-1836) further charted the South American and Australian coasts, the Galapagos Islands, New Zealand and Tahiti. Magnetic observations in the appendix are by Edward Sabine who was with both John Ross and William Parry in the Arctic. Darwin's own investigations, most notably in the Galapagos, are fully contained in vol. III, together with his journey up the Paraná River and into the Andes towards the Cordillera. He later wrote that this voyage had 'been by far the most important event in my life, and has determined my whole career'. Expedition artists were Augustus Earle and Conrad Martens from whose drawings many of the engravings were prepared. Major Chipchase, the recipient of this set, was a close personal friend of Fitzroy, and was his intermediary and second in a celebrated political quarrel with William Sheppard regarding alleged irregularities during the 1841 General Election. Both sides published on the matter and violence was threatened but a duel was averted. Sabin 37826; Freeman 10. (5)
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