On the Origin of Species [By Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life]

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1976. Full-Leather. Fine/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Shore, R.; Landacre, Paul. An exceptional copy. 1976 Full-Leather. xxx, 470 pp. 8vo. Original black full leather, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. Includes a new preface by Charles G. Darwin, a color frontispiece portrait of Darwin by R. Shore, and wood engravings by Paul Landacre. Darwin's landmark work on evolution and natural selection. Darwin consolidated a lifetime of work in On the Origin of Species, compiling his discoveries from the voyage of the Beagle, his experiments, research and correspondence. He argues for the transmutation of species over time by the process of natural selection. His work laid the foundation of evolutionary biology, though when it was published it caused tremendous religious and philosophical debates. Darwin's work is still seen by many people to oppose Christian beliefs.