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Lot 126
Sale 654 - Fine Books and Manuscripts
May 1, 2019
9:59AM CT
Live / Chicago
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Lot Description
DARWIN, Charles (1809-1882). Geological Observations on the Volcanic Islands.... London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1876.
8vo (190 x 126 mm). 5 folding plates, 2 folding maps. (Second folding map with 4-in. tear crossing image; folding plates with a few short tears occasionally crossing image.) Russet cloth gilt (a few discrete repairs and endpapers renewed. Very slight minor wear to corners). Provenance: Mercantile Library of New York (library stamp to title and section title).
Second edition of Darwin's account of his travels during the second voyage of HMS Beagle, commanded by Captain Robert FitzRoy.