Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836: . describing their examination of the southern shores of South America, and the Beagle's circumnavigation of the globe. In three volumes. Vol. I.
Charles Darwin (1809 - 1882)
Category
Books
Date
1839
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Stourhead, Wiltshire
NT 3092592
Summary
Bibliographic description
4v., plates . ill.. maps . 8vo.. Loose in vol. 3 an advertisement '... now publishing ... The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle' and ' ... Preparing for publication, ... Geological observations ... by Charles Darwin, Esq. M.A.' by Smith Elder and Co. Partly wanting plates in pocket. Vol. 3: separate issue prior to Darwin's certificate as a Fellow of the Royal Society (i.e. January 1839).. Provenance: Entered in 1906 typescript Stourhead Library catalogue, p.3, A.9. Volumes 1, 3, and Appendix have ticket of 'V.& R. Stevens / & G.S. Norton / (Late C. Hunter) / 26. & 39. Bell Yard / Lincoln's Inn'. Binding: Publisher's embossed blue cloth, gold-lettered spine; vol. 2: spine cracked.
Makers and roles
Charles Darwin (1809 - 1882) Vice Admiral Robert FitzRoy (1805 - 1865) Philip Parker King (1793-1856)