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Auction archive: Lot number 143

Charles Darwin, Period Articles and Journals

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£400 - £800
ca. US$497 - US$995
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Auction archive: Lot number 143

Charles Darwin, Period Articles and Journals

Estimate
£400 - £800
ca. US$497 - US$995
Price realised:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

1 - Nature a Weekly Illustrated Journal of Science, Volume XVIII, May 1878 to October 1878, London and New York, Macmillan and Co., 1878, Stamp to title-page and, binding with wear" spine partly split both boards chipped around edges, bookblock firmly attached. Internally fine and clean, Charles Darwin's paper, Transplantation of Shells [p.120 - p.121], Francis Darwins Paper, The Nutrition of Drosera Rotundifolia [p.153 - p.154]
2 - Last list of the Linnean Lists in which Charles Darwin appears listed as a member before his death. Appears listed as: Darwin, Charles, Esq. M.A., LL.D., F.R.S. L. & E., F.G.S.; Hon. M.R.H.S. and R. Med. Chir Soc.; - “pour le Mérite Eq”; Acad. Caes. Nat. Cur. Reg. Sc. Berol. Et Holm., et Soc. Reg. Sc. Upsal. Socius; - Acadd. Nat. Sc: Philad. Et Vindob. Corresp. Down, Beckenham, Kent.
Francis Darwin listed as Darwin, Francis, M.B. Down, Beckenham, Kent.
3 - Nature a Weekly Illustrated Journal of Science, Vol. XVI, May 1877 to October 1877, London and New York, Macmillan and Co., 1877, Stamp to title-page and, binding good, both boards chipped around edges, bookblock firmly attached. foxing and stains to title page, Internally clean with minimal foxing, Charles Darwin's paper, Letters to the Editor, The Contractile Filaments of the Teasel [p.339], Francis Darwin's Paper, Letters to the Editor, Nectar-Secreting Glands [p.100 - p.101]
4 - General Index, to the First Twenty Volumes of the Journal of Botany and the Botanical Portion of the Procedings November 1838 to June 1886, of the Linnean Society, London, Sold at the Society's Apartments, Burlington House, Picadilly, W. and by Longmans, Green & Co and Williams, and Norgate 1888, library stamp to title-page, faux half calf with marbled boards, binding and boards good, bookblock firmly attached. Internally fine and clean, general Index of the first twenty volumes of the Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany. 1888. Showing the index and titles of the papers that Charles Darwin published during the time:
A. Action of carbonate ammonia on chlorophyll bodies
B. Action on roots.
C. Action of sea water on germination
D. Dimorphic Primulas
E. Dimorphisms in Linum.
F. Movements and habits in climbing plants.
G. Offspring of illegitimate unions of dimorphic and trimorphic plants.
H. Specific differences in Primula veris. P. vulgaris and P. elatior and remarks on Verbascum hybrids.
I. Three sexual forms of Lythrum Salicaria.
J. Three sexual forms of Catasetum tridentatum.
K. Death reported and obituary.
also includes also the papers from Francis Darwin.
5 - Nature a Weekly Illustrated Journal of Science, Vol. XXIII, November 1879 - April 1879, London and New York, Macmillan and Co., 1879, Stamp to title-page and, binding with wear" spine partly split both boards chipped around edges, bookblock firmly attached. Internally fine and clean, Darwin's paper, Inheritance [p.257], Leaves injured at night by free radiation [p.459], Mr. Darwin on the work of worms, the formation of vegetable mould through the action of worms with observation on their habits. By Charles Darwin, L.L.D. F.R.S. (London John Murray 1881) [p.553 - p.556]
6- Nature a Weekly Illustrated Journal of Science, Vol. XIX, May 1881 to October 1881, London and New York, Macmillan and Co., 1881, Stamp to title-page and, binding with wear" spine partly split both boards chipped around edges, bookblock firmly attached. Internally fine and clean, Darwin's paper: Fritz Müller on a frog having eggs on its back - on the abortion of the hairs of the legs of certain caddis flies [p.462 - p.463] and Darwin's paper: Rats and Water Casks [p.481]
and a number of letters:
7 - Nature a Weekly Illustrated Journal of Science, Vol. XXIX, November 1883 to April 1884, London and New York, Macmillan and Co., 1884, Stamp to title-page and, binding with wear" spine partly split both boards chipped around edges, bookblock firmly attached. Internally fine and clean, A. Geikie's letter on Darwin's paper: The Origin of Coral Reefs [p.107 - p.110] and a letter on 'The Late Mr Darwin on Instinct [p.128 - p.129]
8 - Nature a Weekly Illustrated Journal of Science, Vol. 43, March 5 1891, London and New York, Macmillan and Co., 1884, Stamp to title-page and, binding with wear" spine ok, both boards chipped around edges, bookblock firmly attached. Internally fine and clean, Duke of Argyll's letter on Darwin's paper: The Unity of the Human Race [p.415] and a reply from Darwin to the Duke of Argyll
9 - Nature a Weekly Illustrated Journal of Science, November 17, 1887, London and New York, Macmillan and Co., 1888, Stamp to title-page and, binding with wear" spine small splits, both boards chipped around edges, bookblock firmly attached. Internally fine and clean, letter on Darwin's paper: The Theories of the Origian of Coral Reefs and Islands [p.54] and a reply from Darwin
10 - Nature a Weekly Illustrated Journal of Science, Vol. 99, june 14 1917, London and New York, Macmillan and Co. binding with wear, bookblock firmly attached, internally clean, on a letter of Darwin's in the possession of the Museo Nacional, Buenos Aires, April 1917 [p.305]
11 - Nature a Weekly Illustrated Journal of Science, Vol. 125, june 14 1930, London and New York, Macmillan and Co. binding with wear, bookblock firmly attached, internally clean, on a letter of Darwin's written 2 months after the Beagles return and bought at Sothebys Auction [p.910]
12 - The Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany Vol. XIII 1873, On the floral structure of impatiens fulva. Letter to Mr Bennett [p.152 - p.153]
13 - Nature a Weekly Journal of Science No. 3440 Vol.136 October 5, 1935, centenary of the landing of Charles Darwin on the Galapagos Islands [p.534 - p.535]

Auction archive: Lot number 143
Auction:
Datum:
24 May 2023
Auction house:
Flints Auctions Ltd.
8 Rivermead
Pipers Way
Thatcham, RG19 4EP
United Kingdom
info@flintsauctions.com
+44 (0)1635 873 634
Beschreibung:

1 - Nature a Weekly Illustrated Journal of Science, Volume XVIII, May 1878 to October 1878, London and New York, Macmillan and Co., 1878, Stamp to title-page and, binding with wear" spine partly split both boards chipped around edges, bookblock firmly attached. Internally fine and clean, Charles Darwin's paper, Transplantation of Shells [p.120 - p.121], Francis Darwins Paper, The Nutrition of Drosera Rotundifolia [p.153 - p.154]
2 - Last list of the Linnean Lists in which Charles Darwin appears listed as a member before his death. Appears listed as: Darwin, Charles, Esq. M.A., LL.D., F.R.S. L. & E., F.G.S.; Hon. M.R.H.S. and R. Med. Chir Soc.; - “pour le Mérite Eq”; Acad. Caes. Nat. Cur. Reg. Sc. Berol. Et Holm., et Soc. Reg. Sc. Upsal. Socius; - Acadd. Nat. Sc: Philad. Et Vindob. Corresp. Down, Beckenham, Kent.
Francis Darwin listed as Darwin, Francis, M.B. Down, Beckenham, Kent.
3 - Nature a Weekly Illustrated Journal of Science, Vol. XVI, May 1877 to October 1877, London and New York, Macmillan and Co., 1877, Stamp to title-page and, binding good, both boards chipped around edges, bookblock firmly attached. foxing and stains to title page, Internally clean with minimal foxing, Charles Darwin's paper, Letters to the Editor, The Contractile Filaments of the Teasel [p.339], Francis Darwin's Paper, Letters to the Editor, Nectar-Secreting Glands [p.100 - p.101]
4 - General Index, to the First Twenty Volumes of the Journal of Botany and the Botanical Portion of the Procedings November 1838 to June 1886, of the Linnean Society, London, Sold at the Society's Apartments, Burlington House, Picadilly, W. and by Longmans, Green & Co and Williams, and Norgate 1888, library stamp to title-page, faux half calf with marbled boards, binding and boards good, bookblock firmly attached. Internally fine and clean, general Index of the first twenty volumes of the Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany. 1888. Showing the index and titles of the papers that Charles Darwin published during the time:
A. Action of carbonate ammonia on chlorophyll bodies
B. Action on roots.
C. Action of sea water on germination
D. Dimorphic Primulas
E. Dimorphisms in Linum.
F. Movements and habits in climbing plants.
G. Offspring of illegitimate unions of dimorphic and trimorphic plants.
H. Specific differences in Primula veris. P. vulgaris and P. elatior and remarks on Verbascum hybrids.
I. Three sexual forms of Lythrum Salicaria.
J. Three sexual forms of Catasetum tridentatum.
K. Death reported and obituary.
also includes also the papers from Francis Darwin.
5 - Nature a Weekly Illustrated Journal of Science, Vol. XXIII, November 1879 - April 1879, London and New York, Macmillan and Co., 1879, Stamp to title-page and, binding with wear" spine partly split both boards chipped around edges, bookblock firmly attached. Internally fine and clean, Darwin's paper, Inheritance [p.257], Leaves injured at night by free radiation [p.459], Mr. Darwin on the work of worms, the formation of vegetable mould through the action of worms with observation on their habits. By Charles Darwin, L.L.D. F.R.S. (London John Murray 1881) [p.553 - p.556]
6- Nature a Weekly Illustrated Journal of Science, Vol. XIX, May 1881 to October 1881, London and New York, Macmillan and Co., 1881, Stamp to title-page and, binding with wear" spine partly split both boards chipped around edges, bookblock firmly attached. Internally fine and clean, Darwin's paper: Fritz Müller on a frog having eggs on its back - on the abortion of the hairs of the legs of certain caddis flies [p.462 - p.463] and Darwin's paper: Rats and Water Casks [p.481]
and a number of letters:
7 - Nature a Weekly Illustrated Journal of Science, Vol. XXIX, November 1883 to April 1884, London and New York, Macmillan and Co., 1884, Stamp to title-page and, binding with wear" spine partly split both boards chipped around edges, bookblock firmly attached. Internally fine and clean, A. Geikie's letter on Darwin's paper: The Origin of Coral Reefs [p.107 - p.110] and a letter on 'The Late Mr Darwin on Instinct [p.128 - p.129]
8 - Nature a Weekly Illustrated Journal of Science, Vol. 43, March 5 1891, London and New York, Macmillan and Co., 1884, Stamp to title-page and, binding with wear" spine ok, both boards chipped around edges, bookblock firmly attached. Internally fine and clean, Duke of Argyll's letter on Darwin's paper: The Unity of the Human Race [p.415] and a reply from Darwin to the Duke of Argyll
9 - Nature a Weekly Illustrated Journal of Science, November 17, 1887, London and New York, Macmillan and Co., 1888, Stamp to title-page and, binding with wear" spine small splits, both boards chipped around edges, bookblock firmly attached. Internally fine and clean, letter on Darwin's paper: The Theories of the Origian of Coral Reefs and Islands [p.54] and a reply from Darwin
10 - Nature a Weekly Illustrated Journal of Science, Vol. 99, june 14 1917, London and New York, Macmillan and Co. binding with wear, bookblock firmly attached, internally clean, on a letter of Darwin's in the possession of the Museo Nacional, Buenos Aires, April 1917 [p.305]
11 - Nature a Weekly Illustrated Journal of Science, Vol. 125, june 14 1930, London and New York, Macmillan and Co. binding with wear, bookblock firmly attached, internally clean, on a letter of Darwin's written 2 months after the Beagles return and bought at Sothebys Auction [p.910]
12 - The Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany Vol. XIII 1873, On the floral structure of impatiens fulva. Letter to Mr Bennett [p.152 - p.153]
13 - Nature a Weekly Journal of Science No. 3440 Vol.136 October 5, 1935, centenary of the landing of Charles Darwin on the Galapagos Islands [p.534 - p.535]

Auction archive: Lot number 143
Auction:
Datum:
24 May 2023
Auction house:
Flints Auctions Ltd.
8 Rivermead
Pipers Way
Thatcham, RG19 4EP
United Kingdom
info@flintsauctions.com
+44 (0)1635 873 634
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