Darwin, Charles, Origen de las especies. Por medio de la seleccion natural ò la conservacion de las razas. Favorecidas en la lucha por la existencia. Traducida con autorizacion del autor de la sexta y última edicion inglesa por Enrique Godinez., [1877]. Madrid. Perojo.

Darwin, Charles

Origen de las especies. Por medio de la seleccion natural ò la conservacion de las razas. Favorecidas en la lucha por la existencia. Traducida con autorizacion del autor de la sexta y última edicion inglesa por Enrique Godinez., [1877]. Madrid. Perojo.

First Spanish translation of the Origin of Species, extremely rare, first edition to include two letters by Darwin

Rare first Spanish edition -and first translation into Spanish- of one of the most significant and meaningful works of science ever published, the Origin of Species; this translation with two letters by Darwin not published anywhere else: “the most important single work in science” (Dibner); “a turning point, not only in the history of science, but in the history of ideas in general” (DSB). Published in 1877, almost 20 years after the first saw light in London, the reason for the delay was -most likely- the strong influence the. Church had still in most Spanish-speaking countries, in direct relation with the contradiction between Darwin’s theory and Church teachings (evolution from an animal as opposed to creationism).

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8vo, (218 x 132 mm). viii, 573 pp., folded plate. Original green cloth, restored, spine faded and rebacked preserving original cloth. First third of the book with water staining and damp, occasionally causing some fraying, else very good.

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