DARWIN, Charles Robert (1809-1882). Insectivorous Plants . London: John Murray 1875. 8° (190 x 125 mm). 30 woodblocks. (Library stamps to f.f.e.p., title and to margin of p.9.) Uncut in the original green cloth (edges lightly rubbed). Provenance : Lund Cathedral (stamps). FIRST EDITION. Unusual in having two illustrations (figs. 7 and 8) after Darwin's own drawings. 'These meticulous studies form a minor contribution to the evolutionary series by the study of the adaptations of such plants to impoverished conditions' (Freeman p.149). Freeman 1217; Norman 601. With three other works by Darwin on plants.
DARWIN, Charles Robert (1809-1882). Insectivorous Plants . London: John Murray 1875. 8° (190 x 125 mm). 30 woodblocks. (Library stamps to f.f.e.p., title and to margin of p.9.) Uncut in the original green cloth (edges lightly rubbed). Provenance : Lund Cathedral (stamps). FIRST EDITION. Unusual in having two illustrations (figs. 7 and 8) after Darwin's own drawings. 'These meticulous studies form a minor contribution to the evolutionary series by the study of the adaptations of such plants to impoverished conditions' (Freeman p.149). Freeman 1217; Norman 601. With three other works by Darwin on plants. The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species . London: John Murray 1877. 8° (190 x 125 mm). 15 woodblocks, 38 tables. 32pp. advertisements at end, dated March 1877, partially unopened, printed on different paper. (Preliminaries and title lightly spotted, a few leaves with marginal light creasing.) Uncut in original green cloth (edges lightly rubbed, rear inner hinge cracking). Provenance : R.C.A. Prior (typed booklabel, penciled initials) -- Nils Fries (bookplate). FIRST EDITION. 'Had Darwin not chosen such genetically complex examples, he might have approached more nearly to an understanding of the laws of particulate inheritance' (Freeman, p. 155). Freeman 1277. The Power of Movement in Plants ... assisted by Francis Darwin . London: John Murray 1880. 8° (190 x 125 mm). 196 woodblocks. 32pp. advertisements dated May 1878 at end. Partially unopened in the original green cloth (tiny white spot to upper cover). Provenance : Nils Fries (bookplate). FIRST EDITION. Freeman 1325. The Formation of Vegetable Mould, through the Action of Worms ... Twelfth thousand . London: John Murray 1892. 8° (190 x 125 mm). 15 woodblocks. Uncut in the original green cloth (corners lightly rubbed). Provenance : Nils Fries (bookplate). (4)
DARWIN, Charles Robert (1809-1882). Insectivorous Plants . London: John Murray 1875. 8° (190 x 125 mm). 30 woodblocks. (Library stamps to f.f.e.p., title and to margin of p.9.) Uncut in the original green cloth (edges lightly rubbed). Provenance : Lund Cathedral (stamps). FIRST EDITION. Unusual in having two illustrations (figs. 7 and 8) after Darwin's own drawings. 'These meticulous studies form a minor contribution to the evolutionary series by the study of the adaptations of such plants to impoverished conditions' (Freeman p.149). Freeman 1217; Norman 601. With three other works by Darwin on plants.
DARWIN, Charles Robert (1809-1882). Insectivorous Plants . London: John Murray 1875. 8° (190 x 125 mm). 30 woodblocks. (Library stamps to f.f.e.p., title and to margin of p.9.) Uncut in the original green cloth (edges lightly rubbed). Provenance : Lund Cathedral (stamps). FIRST EDITION. Unusual in having two illustrations (figs. 7 and 8) after Darwin's own drawings. 'These meticulous studies form a minor contribution to the evolutionary series by the study of the adaptations of such plants to impoverished conditions' (Freeman p.149). Freeman 1217; Norman 601. With three other works by Darwin on plants. The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species . London: John Murray 1877. 8° (190 x 125 mm). 15 woodblocks, 38 tables. 32pp. advertisements at end, dated March 1877, partially unopened, printed on different paper. (Preliminaries and title lightly spotted, a few leaves with marginal light creasing.) Uncut in original green cloth (edges lightly rubbed, rear inner hinge cracking). Provenance : R.C.A. Prior (typed booklabel, penciled initials) -- Nils Fries (bookplate). FIRST EDITION. 'Had Darwin not chosen such genetically complex examples, he might have approached more nearly to an understanding of the laws of particulate inheritance' (Freeman, p. 155). Freeman 1277. The Power of Movement in Plants ... assisted by Francis Darwin . London: John Murray 1880. 8° (190 x 125 mm). 196 woodblocks. 32pp. advertisements dated May 1878 at end. Partially unopened in the original green cloth (tiny white spot to upper cover). Provenance : Nils Fries (bookplate). FIRST EDITION. Freeman 1325. The Formation of Vegetable Mould, through the Action of Worms ... Twelfth thousand . London: John Murray 1892. 8° (190 x 125 mm). 15 woodblocks. Uncut in the original green cloth (corners lightly rubbed). Provenance : Nils Fries (bookplate). (4)
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