The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex (second edition) spine with gilt panel lines

spine with gilt panel lines bordering the raised bands and with black morocco author/title/volume label lettered in gilt in 2 compartments

James Ellis Humphrey (1861-1897) was an American botanist and mycologist graduated from Harvard University

with each entry giving the subject’s name in several languages

Publisher Henry Sotheran Limited Publisher Place London Date Published 1980 Date Published Estimated No Edition Number of Volumes Reprint No Condition Fine Condition Description Aside from some light marginal flecking to cloth on the front cover

small folio

The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex (second edition) spine with gilt panel linesPp. xvi, 693; 18 text figures (woodcuts). Publishers original forest green cloth with spine lettered in gilt and with ornate gilt decorations at the top and bottom of the spine, the front and rear cloth covered boards have blind stamped border decorations, brown clay coated endpapers, 8vo. This is Freeman 966, which is the second revised and augmented edition, the 23rd thousand. Darwin tackled the question of human evolution and natural selection in