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Auction archive: Lot number 112

DARWIN, Charles. On the Various Contrivances by which British and Foreign Orchids are Fertilised by Insects . 1862. Folding plate. FIRST EDITION. Freeman 800. -- The Expressions of the Emotions in Man and Animals . 1872. Plates, including 3 folding. ...

Auction 11.12.2001
11 Dec 2001
Estimate
US$2,000 - US$3,000
Price realised:
US$1,645
Auction archive: Lot number 112

DARWIN, Charles. On the Various Contrivances by which British and Foreign Orchids are Fertilised by Insects . 1862. Folding plate. FIRST EDITION. Freeman 800. -- The Expressions of the Emotions in Man and Animals . 1872. Plates, including 3 folding. ...

Auction 11.12.2001
11 Dec 2001
Estimate
US$2,000 - US$3,000
Price realised:
US$1,645
Beschreibung:

DARWIN, Charles. On the Various Contrivances by which British and Foreign Orchids are Fertilised by Insects . 1862. Folding plate. FIRST EDITION. Freeman 800. -- The Expressions of the Emotions in Man and Animals . 1872. Plates, including 3 folding. FIRST EDITION, second issue. Freeman 1142. -- The Power of Movement in Plants . 1880. -- The Formation of Vegetable Mould, through the Action of Worms . 1881. -- Insectivorous Plants . 1875. FIRST EDITION. Freeman 1217. -- A Naturalist's Voyage: Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology . 1882. -- The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication . 1868. Vol. 2 only. -- The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex . 1871. Vol. 2 only. Together 8 vols. All published in London for John Murray 8 o . Bound to match in green half-morocco (minor nicks and rubbing). Provenance : Thomas Stillman (bookplates). (8)

Auction archive: Lot number 112
Auction:
Datum:
11 Dec 2001
Auction house:
Christie's
New York, East
Beschreibung:

DARWIN, Charles. On the Various Contrivances by which British and Foreign Orchids are Fertilised by Insects . 1862. Folding plate. FIRST EDITION. Freeman 800. -- The Expressions of the Emotions in Man and Animals . 1872. Plates, including 3 folding. FIRST EDITION, second issue. Freeman 1142. -- The Power of Movement in Plants . 1880. -- The Formation of Vegetable Mould, through the Action of Worms . 1881. -- Insectivorous Plants . 1875. FIRST EDITION. Freeman 1217. -- A Naturalist's Voyage: Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology . 1882. -- The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication . 1868. Vol. 2 only. -- The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex . 1871. Vol. 2 only. Together 8 vols. All published in London for John Murray 8 o . Bound to match in green half-morocco (minor nicks and rubbing). Provenance : Thomas Stillman (bookplates). (8)

Auction archive: Lot number 112
Auction:
Datum:
11 Dec 2001
Auction house:
Christie's
New York, East
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