DARWIN (Charles). - Lot 203

DARWIN (Charles). De l'origine des espèces ou des lois du progrès chez les êtres organisés. Paris, Guillaumin et Cie, Victor Masson, 1862. In-12, lemon half calf, red parts (contemporary binding). First edition of the first French translation of this major work in the history of science, given by Clémence-Auguste Royer, philosopher, freethinker and feminist, on the third edition, with the author's permission. It is known that the preface and notes to her translation were not to the author's taste. Copy complete with folding plate. Darkened spine. Attached: DUVAL. Le Darwinisme. Leçons professées à l'école d'anthropologie. Paris, Adrien Delahaye and Émile Lecrosnier, 1886. In-8, red half-chagrin, spine decorated (Period binding). First edition. Very well bound copy.