RARE BOOKS DIVISION SPECIAL COLLECTIONS J. WILLARD MARRIOTT LIBRARY UNIVERSITY OF UTAH
The Evolution of Darwin selected from the rare book collections
“…from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being evolved.”
The significance of his observations during his voyage on the H.M.S. Beagle led Charles Darwin to spend the next twenty years working out a mechanism of evolution through processes of natural selection. He published his seminal work, On Origin of Species, in 1859. The book caused a sensation when it was published and the controversy continues unabated. Darwin’s ideas are still condemned, supported and debated one hundred and fifty years later. The work of others before him and that of contemporary scientists influenced Darwin’s thinking. An evolution of thought brought Darwin to his revolutionary conclusions.
625? Des Pedanios Dioskurides [ca. seventh century, Italy ?] Graz, 1988 xR126 D561988 (Facsimile)
1530 C. Plinii Secvndi. Historia mvndi. Basilae: in officina Frobeniana, 1530 xQH41 P74 oversize
1542 Fuchs, Leonhart (1501 - 1566). De historia stirpivm commentarii insignes…Basileae: In officina Isingriniana, 1542 xQK41 F7 1542 First edition
1554 Rondelet, Guillaume (1507-1566). Gvlielmi rondeletii ... libri de piscibus marinis in quibus ver piscium effigies express sunt. Lugduni: M. Bonhomme, 1554-1555 First edition xQL41 R6
1577 Aristotle. Organum,sive Logicae tractationes omnes…Ad exemplaris fidem quod postremum Lutetiae excusum, est…distinctum. Francofurti, Excudebat A. Wechelus, sibi & T. Guarino, 1577 xPA3893 O7 1577
1605 Bacon, Francis (1561 - 1626). The twoo bookes of Francis Bacon of the Proficience and Aduancement of learning, Diuine and Humane. London: Printed for Henrie Tomes, 1605 First edition xB1190 1605
1620 Bacon, Francis (1561-1626). Novum organum. London: Billium, 1620 First edition xB1165 1620
1651 Harvey, William (1578 - 1657). Exercitationes de generatione animalium. London: Typis Du-Gardianis; ipensis O. Pulleyn, 1651 First edition xQP101.4 H35
1744 Trembley, Abraham (1710-1784). Memoires pour server a l’histoire d’un genre de polypes d’eau douce, a bras en forme de cornes. Leyden: Verbeek, 1744 First edition xQL375 T7 1744
1748 Hill, John (1714?-1775). A general natural history: or, New and accurate descriptions of the animals, vegetables, and minerals, of the…parts of the world; with their virtues and uses, as far as hitherto certainly known, in medicine and…mechanics…including the history of material medica, pictorial, and tinctoria, of the present and earlier…London: T. Osborne, 1748-52 First edition xQH15 H55 1748
1783 Lamarck, Jean Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet de (1744-1829). Encyclopedie methodique : botanique…Paris : Panckoucke ; Liege, Plomteux, 1783-1808 First edition xQK7 L2 v.1-v.3
1795 Darwin, Erasmus (1731-1802). The Botanic Garden. London: Printed for J. Johnson, 1795 Third edition xPR3396 A7 1795
1803 Darwin, Erasmus (1731-1802). The temple of nature; or, The origin of society: a poem, with philosophical notes…London: J. Johnson, 1803 First edition xPR3396 A77 1803
1820 Malthus, T. R. (1766-1834). Principles of political economy considered with a view to their practical application. London: J. Murray, 1820 First edition xHB161 M30 1820
1830 Lyell, Charles, Sir (1797-1875). Principles of geology; being an attempt to explain the former changes of the earth’s surface, by reference to causes now in operation…London: J. Murray, 1830-1833 First edition xQE26 L956 1830
1831 Cuvier, Georges, baron (1769-1832). The animal kingdom, arranged in conformity with its organization…New York: G. & C. & H. Carvill, 1831 First English edition xQL45 C945 1831 v.1-v.4
1832 Mudie, Robert (1777-1842). A popular guide to the observation of nature; or, Hints of inducement to the study of natural productions and …appearances, in their connections and relations. New York: Harper, 1832 First American edition xQH81 M83 1832
1839 Darwin, Charles (1809-1882). Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle, command of Captain FitzRoy, R.N., from 1832 to 1836. London: H. Colburn, 1839 First separate edition xQH11 D2 1839
1839 Darwin, Charles (1809-1882). Zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, under the command of Captain Fitzroy, R.N., during the years…Pub. with the approval of the lords commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury. Ed. and superintended by…London: Smith, Elder and co., 1839-43 xQL5 B3
1846 Chambers, Robert (1802-1871). Vestiges of the natural history of creation with a sequel. New York: W. H. Colyer, 1846 Second American edition xQH363 C4 1846
1850 Humboldt, Alexander von (1769-1859). Aspects of nature, in different lands and different climates; with scientific eludications…Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard, 1850 xQ171 H87 1850
1857 Nott, Josiah Clark (1804-1873). Indigenous races of the earth; or, New chapters of ethnological inquiry; including monographs on special departments…contributed by Alfred Maury…Francis Pulszky…and J. Aitken Meigs…Presenting fresh investigations, documents, and materials…Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & co., 1857 First edition, subscriber’s copy xGN23 N88 1857
1859 Darwin, Charles (1809-1882). On the origin of species by means of natural selection…London: J. Murray, 1859 First edition xQH365 O2
1860 Darwin, Charles (1809-1882). On the origin of species by means of natural selection…New York: D. Appleton and company, 1860 First American edition, second issue xQH365 O2 1860a
1862 Huxley, Thomas Henry (1825-1895). Lectures on the elements of comparative anatomy. On the classification of animals and on the vertebrate skull…London: J. Churchill, 1864 First edition xQL805 H98
Huxley, Thomas Henry (1825-1895). On our knowledge of the causes of the phenomena of organic nature…London: R. Hardwicke, 1862 First edition xQH367 H982
1863 Huxley, Thomas Hardy (1825-1895). Evidence as to man’s place in nature…London, Edinburgh: Williams and Norgate, 1863 First edition xQH368 H96
1868 Darwin, Charles (1809-1882). The variation of animals and plants under domestication…London: J. Murray, 1868 First edition xQH365 V2 1868 v.1-v.2
1871 Darwin, Charles (1809-1882). The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. London: J. Murray, 1871 First edition, first issue xQH365 D2 1871 v.1-v.2
1872 Darwin, Charles (1809-1882). The expression of the emotions in man and animals…London: J. Murray, 1872 First edition xQP401 D3
1875 Darwin, Charles (1809-1882). Insectivorous plants. London: J. Murray, 1875 First edition, later issue xQK917 D22
1876 Darwin, Charles (1809-1882). The effects of cross and self fertilization in the vegetable kingdom…London: J. Murray, 1876 First edition xQK926 D23
Gray, Asa (1810-1888). Darwiniana: essays and reviews pertaining to Darwinism…New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1876 First edition xQH367 G77 1876
1877 Darwin, Charles (1809-1882). The different forms of flowers on plants of the same species. London: John Murray, 1877 First edition xQK926 D215
1880 Darwin, Charles (1809-1882). The power of movement in plants. Assisted by Francis Darwin. London: John Murray, 1880 First edition xQK771 D22 1880
Wallace, Alfred Russel (1823-1913). Island life: or, the phenomena and causes of insular faunas and floras, including a revision and attempted solution of the problem of geological climates. London: Macmillan, 1880 First edition xQH85 W18 1880
1881 Darwin, Charles (1809-1882). The formation of vegetable mould, through the action of worms, with observations on their habits. London: John Murray, 1881 First edition xQL394 D3 1881
1889 Wallace, Alfred Russel (1823-1913). Darwinism: an exposition of the theory of natural selection, with some of its applications…London, New York: Macmillan and Co., 1889 First edition xQH366 W2 1889
1943 Huxley, Julian (1887-1975). Evolution: the modern synthesis. New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1943 First American edition xQH366 H85 1942 [Gift of Joyce Ogburn.]
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