| Description | Four folio holographs by Charles Robert Darwin of "The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex"; plus accompanying note from Horace Darwin:
Note by Horace Darwin regarding the manuscript folios, dated 03 January 1923.
Folio from Chapter 6: ff 2 in the manuscript, with eight lines in the hand of Emma Wedgwood at the bottom of the folio. [Chapter VIII pp. 214-215 of the 1871 edition].
Folio from Chapter I: ff 16 in the manuscript, with Darwin's autograph on the recto. [Chapter I p 45 of the 1871 published edition].
Folio from Chapter 5: ff 1 in the manuscript. [Chapter VI p 185 of the 1871 published edition].
Folio from Chapter 6: ff 1 in the manuscript. [Chapter VII, p 214 of the 1871 published edition].
The folios have been mounted onto foolscap supports. |
| CustodialHistory | These manuscript folios were kept by Horace Darwin, son of Charles Darwin, and acquired by Karl Pearson in 1923. |