Included in the book section of Halls’ sale on 3rd February is a second edition of Shrewsbury-born Charles Darwin’s landmark work, On the Origin of Species, 1860.
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Widely regarded as the most important scientific book ever written, copies of the first edition, published in November 1859, have sold for in excess of £100,000.
This second edition, published just two months later, is the best most collectors can aspire to. The first owner of this copy was Charles Jenner (1810-1893), the founder of Jenners, the world-famous department store on Princes Street, Edinburgh. It bears Jenner’s bookplate inside the front cover, as well as his pencil signature on the title page. The estimate is £1,000-1,500.
Adverts at end dated January 1860. Original dark green cloth gilt. Freeman 376 variant a.
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