The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex
$9,500 · Offered by Sophia Rare Books
First edition
London: John Murray, 1874. / First edition, first issue of the book in which Darwin finally gave his public account of two ideas he had withheld from the Origin: the descent of Homo sapiens, and — his more original contribution — sexual selection. The first made him famous. The second made him lonely: it required readers to credit birds, fishes, and insects with aesthetic judgment. Wallace would not, and the community followed him.
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