Description

Hardcover, octavo size volume bound in dark forest green, elaborately gilt-stamped top grain genuine cowhide, with bound in silk ribbon marker, marbled end leaves in a period design and all edges gilt. Cover design and production by Daniel B. Bianchi and Selma Ordewer, with raised spine and covers stamped in 22kt gold. 502 pages. Illustrated with a folding evolutionary chart. Special facsimile edition printed for The Libraries of Gryphon Editions (1987), First edition, first printing thus (with three raised spine hubs, high gloss page end gilding, “Special Edition” designation and correct P.O. box number on copyright page), prepared from the first edition of 1859 , furnished to the Publisher courtesy of the Yale Medical Library. Previous subscriber’s book-plate not present albeit others in this collection of The Classics of Medicine Library from the same private collection indicate that this is copy 921 of an unspecified limitation. A handsome collector facsimile of the foundational title which expounded the theory of evolution and introduced the term ‘natural selection’ into the general vocabulary. No previous ownership marks. A pristine, gift quality copy. As new.