The variation of animals and plants under domestication
By: by Charles Darwin
Publisher: John Murray
Published: 1868
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 486
Other titles: DC BD 833 and 834 - Animals and plants under domestication
Notes: DC BD 833 - 32 p. publisher's list at the back of Vol. 1, dated April 1867, and 2 p. list at the back of Vol. 2, dated February 1868. Author's list on title page verso in Vol. 1.

DC BD 834 - 32 p. publisher's list at the back of Vol. 1, dated April 1868, and 2 p. list at the back of Vol. 2, dated February 1868. Author's list on title page verso in both volumes.

Index : Vol. 2, p. 433-486.

Freeman no. 877

Freeman no. 878

DC BD 833

DC BD 834

DC BD 833 and 834 - Purchased from Chris and Mich`ele Kohler  April 2006.

BOTANY vols. - Frances Partridge bequest  2003.

BOTANY vols. - Previously owned by (Giles) Lytton Strachey (1880-1932) prior to the Partridges. Lytton Strachey bookplate on front board.

DC BD 834 - Signature 'Edward Poste' in pencil on a preliminary page of Vol. 2.

DC BD 834 - Head of spine of Vol. 1 has been repaired.

DC BD 833 - Original green linen texture cloth. Covers blocked in blind. Spines blocked in gilt. Imprint on spine is London, John Murray on one line.

DC BD 834 - Original green linen texture cloth. Covers blocked in blind. Spines blocked in gilt. Imprint on spine is London / John Murray.

DC BD 833 - This is the first issue of the first edition. Freeman in his listing says that there are 4 lines of errata in Vol. 1. In his editorial text he says that there are 5 errata but gives no number of lines - he does say that there are 9 errata in Vol. 2 in 7 lines. In fact there are 5 errata in 6 lines in Vol. 1.

DC BD 834 - This is the second issue of the first edition. Freeman writes of inserted advertisements for February often in Vol. 1 - those here are April. He calls for April advertisements inserted in Vol. 2 - the February advertisements in Vol. 2 here are in collation, not inserted.

DC BD 834 - Uncut pages in Vol. 2.

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