The origin of species by means of natural selection, or, The preservation of favored races in the struggle for life

Title Variants

Uniform: On the origin of species

By

Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882

D. Appleton and Company. , publisher.

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

New York and London, D. Appleton and Company, 1917

Edition

[Authorized edition]

Notes

Edition statement from t.p. verso.

Publisher's rust cloth with gilt-stamp on spine; black and blind embossing on covers.

Contents: Additions and corrections to the sixth edition -- Historical sketch -- Introduction -- Variation under domestication -- Variation under nature -- Struggle for existence -- Natural selection; or the survival of the fittest -- Laws of variation -- Difficulties of the theory -- Miscellaneous objections to the theory of natural selection -- Instinct -- Hybridism -- On the imperfection of the geological record -- On the geological, succession of organic beings -- Geographical distribution -- Geographical distribution-continued -- Mutual affinities of organic beings: morphology: embryology: rudimentary organs -- Recapitulation and conclusion -- Glossary of scientific terms -- Index

Subjects

Bookplates (Provenance) , Evolution , Natural selection

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.79284
OCLC: 228674887
Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q51515156