Treatise on natural selection, written by Charles Darwin

Evolution of household articles, animals etc. according to Darwin's doctrine. Colour lithographs by Fr. Schmidt, ca. 187-(?).

Charles Robert Darwin. Process print (?), ca. 1882, after F. Goedecker.

Darwin and the general reader : the reception of Darwin's theory of evolution in the British periodical press, 1859-1872 / [Alvar Ellegård].

A concordance to Darwin's Origin of species, first edition / edited by Paul H. Barrett, Donald J. Weinshank, and Timothy T. Gottleber.

The Darwinian theory of the transmutation of species / examined by a graduate of the University of Cambridge.

20 prints : lithographs, with watercolour ; sheets 16.3 x 21.3 cm + illustrated title sheet printed on both sides

The origin of species by means of natural selection, or, The preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life / Charles Darwin ; edited with an introduction by J.W. Burrow.

The annotated Origin : a facsimile of the first edition of On the origin of species / Charles Darwin ; annotated by James T. Costa.

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On the Origin of Species

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The origin of species by means of natural selection, or, The preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life / Charles Darwin ; edited with an introduction by J.W. Burrow.

The annotated Origin : a facsimile of the first edition of On the origin of species / Charles Darwin ; annotated by James T. Costa.

Darwin and the general reader : the reception of Darwin's theory of evolution in the British periodical press, 1859-1872 / [Alvar Ellegård].

A concordance to Darwin's Origin of species, first edition / edited by Paul H. Barrett, Donald J. Weinshank, and Timothy T. Gottleber.

The Darwinian theory of the transmutation of species / examined by a graduate of the University of Cambridge.

The Darwinian theory of the transmutation of species / examined by a graduate of the University of Cambridge.

Evolution of household articles, animals etc. according to Darwin's doctrine. Colour lithographs by Fr. Schmidt, ca. 187-(?).

On the Origin of Species

Images from the collections

Images featuring On the Origin of Species

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The origin of species by means of natural selection, or, The preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life / Charles Darwin ; edited with an introduction by J.W. Burrow.

The annotated Origin : a facsimile of the first edition of On the origin of species / Charles Darwin ; annotated by James T. Costa.

Darwin and the general reader : the reception of Darwin's theory of evolution in the British periodical press, 1859-1872 / [Alvar Ellegård].

A concordance to Darwin's Origin of species, first edition / edited by Paul H. Barrett, Donald J. Weinshank, and Timothy T. Gottleber.

The Darwinian theory of the transmutation of species / examined by a graduate of the University of Cambridge.

The Darwinian theory of the transmutation of species / examined by a graduate of the University of Cambridge.

Evolution of household articles, animals etc. according to Darwin's doctrine. Colour lithographs by Fr. Schmidt, ca. 187-(?).

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