Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries Visited during the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle round the World, under the Command of Capt. Fitz Roy R.N. Darwin, Charles DARWIN,DARWIN

viii, 519, [1], 14 text figs. . HB. Small 8vo (178x124mm), rebound in antique-style half calf, spine with raised bands, gilt rules, blind stamped floral motifs to compartments, leather title piece, marbled boards. Occasional light foxing/spotting. Vg. Second edition, corrected, with additions. Taken from Darwin's journals while on the H.M.S. Beagle, these notes form a background for ideas he would later develop in On the Origin of Species, while also serving as an excellent travel narrative of the voyage around South America, New Zealand, and Australia, as well as the famous survey of the Galapagos Islands.Freeman 14.