The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication.

Two volume set with 32-pages of adverts (dated April 1867) to rear of Vol. I and 2-pages of adverts (dated February 1868) to rear of Vol. II. With Edwards & Remnants binder’s label to pastedown of Vol. I. 8vo. Hardback. With signature of possibly the first owner (dated ‘68) to ffep of both vols. Some spotting to ends, only very occ. elsewhere o/w. contents fine. Index sections unopened. Original publisher’s decorated green cloth showing light shelf wear o/w. nr. fine. Freeman 878. This set was clearly owned by someone who studied both this work and ‘The Origin of Species’. There are informed pencil notes within the text, 17 in number, alongside 12 annotations all leading to a larger pencil note at the end of Vol. II in which the writer puts forward his argument as to why Darwin’s argument ‘breaksdown’ - this note dated 1871.