A Naturalist's Voyage. Journal Of Researches Into The Natural History And Geology Of The Countries Visited During The Voyage Of H.M.S. "Beagle" Round The World. Under The Command Of Capt. Fitz Roy, R.N. Darwin, Charles.

EDITION OF 1897. 8vo, 195 x 125 mm, 7¾ x 4¾ inches, portrait of Charles Darwin as frontispiece, a few small text illustrations, pages: xi, 1-500 plus 32 page publisher's catalogue dated 1897, original publisher's green cloth, gilt vignette of rhea hunt to upper cover, gilt lettering and decoration and price 3/6 in gilt on spine, patterned endpapers. Slight wear to head and tail of spine, minor rubbing to binding, pale browning to free endpapers, pale foxing to portrait, otherwise a very good clean tight copy. See The Works of Charles Darwin by Freeman page 43 reference 84. "This is Darwin's first published book (1839) and is the most often read and stands second only to The Origin of Species as the most often printed. Referred to universally today as the Voyage of the Beagle, it is an important travel book in its own right and its relation to the background of Darwin's evolutionary ideas has often been stressed." MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.