Monograph Sub - Class Cirripedia (barnacles) 1851 FIRST EDITION Charles Darwin




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Reference Number: Avaluer:7056532Subject: Science & Medicine
Language: EnglishTopic: Science & Pyschology
Special Attributes: 1st EditionAuthor: Charles Darwin
Original/Facsimile: OriginalYear Printed: 1851
Binding: Cloth
Original Description:
A Monograph on the Sub-Class Cirripedia, with Figures of All the Species [The Lepadidae; or Pedunculated Cirripedes]. By Charles R. Darwin, 1851, printed by C. and J. Adlard for the Ray Society of London.  xii (preface pages) and 400 pages plus twelve pages of copperplates, two folding (one with small closed tear not affecting text), plus corrigenda and addenda page.  Original dark green cloth, embossed covers with gold-tooling ("RS" for Ray Society), spine repaired; pri...or owner bookplates inside front cover (Dr. L. de Koninck of Harvard College) and rear cover (John Paul Givler - probably from Kansas, 1877-1957). Small corner of title page missing, nowhere near text. No foxing to speak of; text block square and true, gold top-edged.
Darwin published only two books on taxonomy in his life; the subject volume on living barnacles and a second (1854) on fossil barnacles, both years before The Origin of Species.  After returning from the Beagle voyages, Darwin spent most of eight years writing these two tomes, both highly technical books that appealed only to a rarified readership - the twin subjects of barnacles and taxonomy combined for relatively dry subject matter compared with more charismatic megavertabrates and insects that tended to be the focus of Victorian scientists, collectors, and laypeople.  Also because Darwin was (at the time) a relatively unknown author, only 800 copies of this book were printed, roughly equivalent to the membership of the Ray Society which sponsored it.  The reason for Darwin's focus on this material at this early stage in his career was that he had in fact carefully planned to develop his expertise in taxonomy so as to establish an unassailable reputation and sound scientific fundamentals before writing The Origin, which he knew would be vigorously debated and attacked.
Look at the few other copies of this book for sale on eBay right now - a battered copy for $1, 600, and another paired with the 1854 tome on fossils for $17, 000.  How few copies of this book still exist?  I don't think you will find a better value than the subject volume offered here.
This book is solid and firm - the spine was damaged at the time I acquired it but it was professionally and beautifully repaired (by my most esteemed bookbinder), as seen in the photos.  Send questions as needed and good luck bidding!
- DaveOn Jun-05-19 at 15:24:01 PDT, seller added the following information:Please note corrected version of the first sentence: Darwin published two SETS of books on taxonomy in his life: the subject volume on living barnacles and a much longer companion to it in 1854, and a pair of volumes published in the same years on fossil barnacles.  The next sentence should have the words "two tomes, both" replaced with "four tomes, all".



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