\". . . Journal of researches into the natural history and geology of the countries visited during the [five-year] voyage of H M S Beagle round the world under the command of Captain Fitz Roy, R N, by Charles Darwin, M A, F R S (from the corrected and enlarged edition of 1845[presumably a facsimile reproduction])\"
xiii + 381 pp of text and index with frontispiece and occasional line drawings in the text + 4 pp of publisher\'s announcements at the end. Although there is no bibliography, Darwin indicates in footnotes that he is familiar with works such as Burchell\'s \"Travels\" (page 194), which was published only about 10 years before the Beagle\'s voyage began.
The green cloth-board covers, gilt to spine, remain in very good condition. The binding has loosened slightly at the front and back, with a loss of flexibility and some cracking before and after section P; and minor cracking elsewhere. The plain endpapers (signature and date in ink on the front free leaf)and several early and late leaves are sunned and foxed, and there is occasional lighter foxing throughout.
The book is worth owning for the author\'s masterly 2 pp preface, which glowingly acknowledges the work of Darwin\'s many collaborators and which also refers the specialist to more scientific volumes, this \"Journal\" being intended for the general reader.
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