Charles DARWIN
La descendance de l'homme et la sélection sexuelle
C. Reinwald et Cie|Paris 1872|14.50 x 23.50 cm|2 volumes reliés
First French edition, translated from English by Moulinié. Preface by Carl Vogt. 76 wood-engraved figures in text. At the end of volume I, 24 pages of catalogue from the Reinwald bookshop.
Publisher's green cloth binding signed Lenègre at foot. Smooth spine with ornament at foot and head. Rubbing. Headcap of volume I sunken with micro-tear of a few millimeters at upper joint. 2 upper corners folded in volume I. Some pale foxing in margins. Handsome copy.
If The Origin of Species made the author a pivot in the evolution of biology, "The Descent of Man" takes an additional step in what would be called Darwinism by building a bridge between biology and the human sciences and philosoph
Publisher's green cloth binding signed Lenègre at foot. Smooth spine with ornament at foot and head. Rubbing. Headcap of volume I sunken with micro-tear of a few millimeters at upper joint. 2 upper corners folded in volume I. Some pale foxing in margins. Handsome copy.
If The Origin of Species made the author a pivot in the evolution of biology, "The Descent of Man" takes an additional step in what would be called Darwinism by building a bridge between biology and the human sciences and philosoph
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