EXCEEDINGLY RARE FIRST ARMENIAN TRANSLATION OF DARWIN'S "JOURNAL OF RESEARCHES"

DARWIN, CHARLES.

Shurjerkrya chanaparhordutyun BIGL navov [i.e. "Voyage of the Beagle"].

Erevan, Academy of Sciences Armenian S.S.R., 1949.

Large8vo. In publisher's original printed cardboard binding. Title printed to spine and front board. A pictures of The Beagle on lower part of front board. Binding with wear and some stains.  Internally with dampstain to upper part of leaves, primarily affecting first half. (4), 460 pp. + frontiespiece of Darwin.

The exceedingly rare first Armenian translation of Darwin's "Journal of Researches". "His first published book is undoubtedly the most often read and stands second only to ‘On the origin of Species’ as the most often printed. It is an important travel book in its own right and its relation to the background of his evolutionary ideas has often been stressed."(Freeman p. 31).

Freeman 169

Order-nr.: 63399