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432 pp. 7¾x4¾, original brown blindstamped cloth, spine lettered in gilt. First American Edition, First Issue.

First American edition of one of the most important and influential books of the 19th century, echoing into the 20th century and beyond, called by the Darwin bibliographer, "certainly the most important biological book ever written." This is the first issue of the American edition, with two quotations on the page facing the title. Freeman 377.