Darwin Charles. The Origin Of Species, John Murray, Albemarle Street. London, 1888

Darwin Charles (1809 – 1882). The origin of species by means of natural selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life. Sixth edition, with additions and corrections to 1872. John Murray, Albemarle Street. London, 1888.

Publisher's original green cloth stamped in blind on front & rear panels, spine panel lettered and decorated in gilt, brown coated endpapers. One folding lithographic plate at p 90. Pp. xxi, [blank], 458, + 32 pp publisher's catalogue "Mr. Murray's General List of Works" dated 1888. Small bookplate of Joannes N. Mills. The Sixth Edition was the last edition published in Darwin's lifetime and containing the use of the word 'evolution' for the first time in furtherance of Darwin's argument for natural selection. Additionally, the word 'On' was removed from the title 'On the Origin of Species' and the text includes a rebuttal of Roman Catholic biologist St. George Mivart's theological arguments in his 1871 text "On the Genesis of Species".

8° (7,44x4,72in)

Private collection

Corners slightly soft and a bit knocked, light rubbing to edges of the cloth, top page edges a touch dusty. Inner hinges are slighty broken. The text block is clean and bright, with foxing.