First Edition copy of On the Origin of Species
A first edition copy of Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species sold at auction in Edinburgh, Scotland yesterday for £15,625 (approx. US$25,832) , over the estimated value of £10,000 to £15,000.
The book was found in a family home near Inverness and was purchased by a collector from southern England.
Only 1,250 copies of the book were printed in its first run in 1859 and another first edition sold in April of this year for £35,000 (US$58,000).
2009 marks the bicentenary of Darwin’s birth.
