FIRST CZECH TRANSLATION OF DARWIN'S "ORIGIN OF SPECIES"

DARWIN, CHARLES.

O vzniku druhu prirozeným výberem cili Zachováváním vhodných odrud v boji o zivot. [Czech - i.e. On the Origin of Species... Translated by Fr. Klapálek].

Praze [Prague], Nákladem Autorovým, 1914.

8vo. In the original red binding with black lettering to spine and front board. Light wear to extremities, inner fronthinge pleit, Internally nice and clean. 389, (1) pp. + 1 folded plate.

The rare first Czech translation of Darwin's landmark "Origin of Species" which predates the Latvian, Armenian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Romanian and Slovenian translations by several years.

Freeman 641

Order-nr.: 61622