London and New York, Macmillan and Co., 1872.
Royal8vo. In publisher's original red embossed cloth. In "Nature. A Weekly Illustrated Journal of Science", Vol. 6, May-October 1872. Stamp to title-page and p. 1 and ex-libris pasted on to pasted down front end-paper. Binding with wear and light soiling, spine loose and missing part of cloth to upper part.. Internally fine and clean. Darwin's paper (co-author): 211-216; P. 279. [Entire volume: XII, 548 pp].
First publication of these two short notices by Darwin. Freeman 1937 & 1756.
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