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StorageSiteUCL Special Collections
LevelItem
Reference Number GALTON/1/5/2
Title*Number no longer in use*
Date1859
DescriptionCopy of: Charles Darwin, On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. (London: John Murray, 1859). Printed by W Clowes and Sons, Stamford Street, and Charing Cross. First edition, first printing.
Francis Galton's personal copy. This volume has been annotated by Galton on p. 64 [ff 32v] and p. 227 [ff 114r].
Extent1 volume
CustodialHistoryPresented to the Francis Galton Laboratory in April 1911 as part of the Galton bequest.
This item was part of the Galton Papers but removed to the Galton Laboratory library collection in 2016 and should be requested using its call number STRONG ROOM GALTON LABORATORY 1
AccessStatusOpen
AccessConditionsThe papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.
PublnNoteOn the Origin of Species (London: John Murray, 1859)
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