On the Origin of Species
On the origin of species by means of natural selection, or, The preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life
Charles Darwin's book introduced the scientific theory that populations evolve over the course of generations through a process of natural selection. It presented a body of evidence that the diversity of life arose by common descent through a branching pattern of evolution. Darwin included evidence that he had gathered on the Beagle expedition in the 1830s and his subsequent findings from research, correspondence, and experimentation.
This book has its original publisher’s cloth case binding. The front cover has split from the textblock. The last few sections of the book are split at the spine where the sewing threads have broken. Conservators will resew the last sections and reattach the textblock to the case binding.
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Adoption Type: Preserve for the Future
