Lot 76 , Darwin, Charles - The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex, 1st edition, 1st issue, 2 vols, numerous

Darwin, Charles - The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex, 1st edition, 1st issue, 2 vols, numerous text engravings, errata on title verso of 2nd volume which also has the inserted ('serious errors') postscript note, bound without half titles or advert leaves; contemporary half calf and marbled boards, gilt panelled spines with green labels, marbled endpapers and edges, cr.8vo, John Murray, 1871
Estimate £300-400

Bindings with some wear but sound set, title foxing otherwise mostly clean; postscript leaf vol 2 at p.(Ix); first word vol I, p.297 'transmitted'; Freeman 936 Titling labels to both vols with loss (as per photos), all corners, fly leaves to both vols, badly foxed. Slight spotting to lithe pages, text generally good


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Sold for £320