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

DARWIN, CHARLES.

O vzniku druhu prírozeným výberem cili zachováváním vhodných odrud v boji o zivot / Charles Darwin ; dle sestého, velmi opraveného vydání anglického, posledního, jez vyslo za zivota autorova prelozil Fr. Klapálek. [Czech - i.e. On the Origin of Species... Translated by Fr. Klapálek].

Praha, Nakladatelstvem Autorovým. V Komissi Knihkupectví I.L. Kobra, 1914.

8vo. Uncut in the original printed wrappers. Wrappers with wear. Lower part of front wrapper with a 10 cm long tear. Bookblock spilit in two. Internally fine and clean. 389, (1) pp. + 1 folded plate.


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

The translator, František Klapálek (1863–1919) was a prominent entomologist, founding member and the first chairman of the Czech Entomological Society.

Four institutional copies located: U. Okla, U. Tex., Czech NL, and Olomouc RL.

Freeman 641

Order-nr.: 57758

DKK 32.000,00