- Lacks p.161-240 of first vol. All vols. bookblock broken; quires loose(ning); sl. foxed. Wrs. sl. frayed/ loose (1 backwr. lacking).
= Freeman 1053 (only listing ed. in 2 vols.). Very rare first Dutch edition of The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex (1871), orig. published in 21 issues between 1871 and 1872. With the 2 prelim. quires and 2 publisher's wrs. (intended to bound the issues together in 2 vols.) loose and uncut, and with the orig. subscription forms loosely inserted.
Dub, J. Beknopte uiteenzetting van de theorie van Darwin, over het ontstaan der plant- en diervormen. Dutch transl. R.E. de Haan. Nijm., A. Blomhert, 1870, (8),298,(9)p., woodengr. ills., orig. publisher's boards, large 8vo.
- Bookblock broken; lvs. loose(ning). Covers loose; sl. worn.
= Popular abridged ed. of Darwin's On the Origin of Species (1859) intended to introduce the theory of evolution to a broader audience.