The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication, Volume 2
1885, ex-library but in strong readable condition
Author
Charles Darwin
Publisher
John Murray, London, 1885
Printing Details
Second edition, revised, fifth thousand. Volume 2 only (of 2). Hardback (rebound). 18 × 12.5cm, 495pp
Volume two of Charles Darwin's Variation under Domestication was first published in 1868 and contains detailed information on the domestication of animals and plants but it also contains in Chapter XXVII a description of Darwin's theory of heredity which he called his hypothesis of pangenesis.
Condition
Ex-library. The book has been rebound in plain binder's cloth, titled in gilt to the spine. There are library labels galore to the front pastedown and ffep, but the main body of the book remains surprisingly unscathed, with just a small stamp mark intermittently throughout the book. A good, solid, reading copy.