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On the origin of species by means of natural selection / Charles Darwin

Catalog Data

Author:
Darwin, Charles 1809-1882  Search this
Former owner:
Kellogg, Remington 1892-1969 DSI  Search this
Publisher:
John C. Winston Company  Search this
Printer:
Collins' Clear-Type Press  Search this
Physical description:
524 pages, 1 leaf of plates : illustrations, portrait ; 16 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1917
Notes:
Half-title
Illustrated title page
"The first edition of this work was published on November 24, 1859, and the second edition on January 7, 1860"--Page 18. Date of possibly 1917 suggested by Freeman
"Printed in Great Britain"--Verso of title page
Colophon: London and Glasgow: Collins' Clear-Type Press
Includes index
Freeman, B. The works of Charles Darwin: an annotated bibliographical handlist (2nd ed.), 1977, F524
SCNHRB copy (39088007390115) has bookplate: In memory of Remington Kellogg. Stamped on front free endpaper: Remington Kellogg; on half-title: Remington Kellogg Library of Marine Mammalogy, Smithsonian Institution.
SCNHRB copy in limp leather binding, signature of Darwin blocked in gilt on front cover, title and decorations in gilt on spine, dark purple endpapers.
Topic:
Evolution (Biology)  Search this
Natural selection  Search this
Human beings--Origin  Search this
Call number:
QH365 .O2j 1860
QH365 .O2 1917
QH365.O2j 1860
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_443389