FIRST SWEDISH TRANSLATION OF "THE DESCENT OF MAN"

DARWIN, CHARLES.

Menniskans Härledning och Könsurvalet. [English: "The Descent of Man"). 2 vols.

Stockholm, Albert Bonniers, 1872. 8vo. 2 volumes in one (as issued) contemporary half calf binding with gilt lettering to spine. A fine and clean copy. (Frontiespiece), (1), 314, (2) pp.; (4), XV, (1), 294, (6), 39 pp.

The rare first Swedish translation of "The Descent of Man" translated by Rudolf Sunderström. Freeman's collation is incorrect (as he also dated the first Swedish translation of "Origin of Species" wrongly).
Withbound is Lawrence Heap Åberg's "Ett försök att uppvisa darwinismens öfverensstämmelse med en rationelt idealistisk verldsåskådning" (1874).

Freeman 1136

Order-nr.: 52355