Charles Darwin ( 1809 -1882) - On the origin of man - FIRST READING
Translated from English with authorization of the author by Ludwik Maslowski
Printed by Kraj Publishing House - Krakow 1874
First edition in Polish - in the so-called second publishing variant ( the first variant was published a year earlier in notebooks and is available only in the National Library - not listed on the antiquarian market).
Presented variant two - listed only one piece at auction in the last 23 years.
Hardcover half leather of the period with titling on the spine. Block consistent, small folds and tears of last few pages - last page missing. Stamp on title page. Figures in the text . A very nice piece.
Number of pages: 244 ( should be 246).
Format : 14 x 21 [cm].
" The work of Charles Darwin "On the Origin of Man" certainly ranks among the group of books that are forever inscribed in the history of world science. On the basis of many years of research, using the research apparatus available to a nineteenth-century naturalist, as well as citing the findings of other scientists, Charles Darwin formulated a number of conclusions that were revolutionary for the time, as did Nicolaus Copernicus when he announced his heliocentric theory. His work was full of personal reflections and remarks, while it was never iconoclastic, nor was it atheistic, as some circles attributed to him. "
A great rarity on the antiquarian market.
