1875 1st ed Charles Darwin Insectivorous Plants Carnivorous Botany Evolution

1875 1^st ed Charles Darwin Insectivorous Plants Carnivorous Botany Evolution

 

“One general law, leading to the advancement of all organic beings, namely, multiply, vary, let the strongest live and the weakest die.”

― Charles Darwin, The Origin of Species

 

A rare first American edition of Charles Darwin’s “Insectivorous Plants”. This book was a study of Darwin’s experiments and observations on carnivorous plants, paying special attention to the conditions in which they lived. His most important finding was that these insect-eating plants only reacted to the movements of animals, not the prodding of a researcher. He also discovered many of the different ways these plants catch their prey, such as sticky substances, or hinged mouth-like leaves.

 

Item number: #30014

Price: $499

 

DARWIN, Charles

 

Insectivorous Plants

 

New York: Appleton and Co., 1875. First American edition.

 

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages
  • x, 462, [8]
  • Several illustrations throughout
• References: Freeman 1238
• Provenance: Handwritten – Mark H. Forscutt
  • Mark Hill Forscutt (1834–1903) was an English hymn writer and a leader in several denominations of the Latter Day Saint movement. A convert to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), Forscutt broke with that denomination for a number of reasons, not the least of which was the practice of plural marriage. Forscutt went on to serve in leadership positions in the Morrisite sect and later in the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (RLDS Church).
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure
  • Cloth
• Size: ~8in X 5.25in (20cm x 13.5cm)

 

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