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The origin of species : complete and fully illustrated / Charles Darwin ; with a new foreword by Patricia Horan.

By: Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882.
Publisher: N.Y. : Gramercy Books, c1979Description: ix, 459 p., [26] leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0517123207 (hbk.).Uniform titles: On the origin of species Subject(s): Evolution (Biology) | Natural selectionDDC classification: 575.0162
Contents:
Foreword - A gallery of animal illustrations. - An historical sketch. - Introduction. - Ch. One. Variation under domestication. - Ch. Two. Variation under nature. - Ch. Three. Struggle for existence. - Ch. Four. Natural selection. - Ch. Five. Laws of variation. - Ch. Six. Difficulties on theory. - Ch. Seven. Instinct. - Ch. Eight. Hybridism. - Ch. Nine. On the imperfection of the geological record. - Ch. Ten. On the geological succession of organic beings. - Ch. Eleven. Geographical distribution. - Ch. Twelve. Geographical distribution. - Ch. Thirteen. Mutual affinities of organic beings: morphology: embryology: rudimentary organs. - Ch. Fourteen. Recapitulation and conclusion. - Glossary.
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Reprint of the 1976 issue of the 1968 ed. published by Penguin Books, Baltimore; with new foreword.

Originally published in 1859 by J. Murray, London, under title: On the origin of species by means of natural selection.

Foreword - A gallery of animal illustrations. - An historical sketch. - Introduction. - Ch. One. Variation under domestication. - Ch. Two. Variation under nature. - Ch. Three. Struggle for existence. - Ch. Four. Natural selection. - Ch. Five. Laws of variation. - Ch. Six. Difficulties on theory. - Ch. Seven. Instinct. - Ch. Eight. Hybridism. - Ch. Nine. On the imperfection of the geological record. - Ch. Ten. On the geological succession of organic beings. - Ch. Eleven. Geographical distribution. - Ch. Twelve. Geographical distribution. - Ch. Thirteen. Mutual affinities of organic beings: morphology: embryology: rudimentary organs. - Ch. Fourteen. Recapitulation and conclusion. - Glossary.

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