On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life
Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 1991. Paul Landacre. Collector's Edition. Leather bound. 470pp. Quarto [27cm]. Full black leather with raised bands and decorative gilt stamping and lettering on the spine and covers. All edges gilt. Moire endsheets and satin ribbon pagemarker. Near fine. Item #71307
With a New Preface by Charles G. Darwin. Illustrated with Wood Engravings by Paul Landacre. Part of The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written. From the Publisher's Preface- "Among the men whose books have changed the course of human thought are William Harvey, who explained the circulation of the blood; Galileo, who proved that the earth orbits around the sun and not vice versa; Isaac Newton, who formulated the law of gravitation; Sigmund Freud, who emphasized the significance of the unconscious; and Charles Darwin, whose theory of evolution had the greatest impact of all."
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