The Origin of Species – Charles Darwin – 1898 | 2vol English edition

The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection; published in 1898 by D. Appleton and Co. in New York, appears here in two octavo volumes. This later Appleton issue retains the complete structure of Darwin’s original argument on biological variation and natural selection but includes a section on the corrections and additions found in this volume that were not in previous editions.

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection; or the Preservation of Favored Races in the Struggle for Life
• Author(s): Charles Darwin
• Publisher: New York: D. Appleton and Co.
• Edition: corrected from 6th English edition. 1898.
• Format: (8vo), two volumes
• Binding: Publisher’s cloth
• Size:  8 in x 5.5 in (20.3 cm x 14 cm)
• Collation:
  • Vol. I: xxvi, 365 pp;
  • Vol. II: vii, 338 pp
• Illustrations:
• Contents Include:
  • Chapters including: Natural Selection, Hybridism, Instinct, Geological Record, Geographical Distribution
  • Notable corrections and additions not found in previous printings
  • Vol. I: Historical Sketch, Variation Under Domestication, Natural Selection, and Difficulties on Theory
  • Vol. II: Instinct, Hybridism, Geological Succession, Classification, Recapitulation
• Provenance: handwritten – “To Joe Apr. 11, 1900”
• Reference(s): Freeman 426

Condition:

Volume 1: Front prelims loose. Spine pulling from text block. Expected shelfwear rubbing on edges. Internally, the text block is secure. All pages are complete.

Why Collect This?

• Two-volume issue of Darwin’s evolutionary theories
• Includes additions not found in earlier printings

Item Number: # 28932