DARWIN, Charles. The Power of Movement in Plants. London: John Murray

DARWIN, Charles. The Power of Movement in Plants. London: John Murray, 1882. Third thousandth, 8vo (184 x 119mm.) Half-title. (Toning, lacking advertisements.) Contemporary half calf over pebbled cloth, two tan morocco lettering pieces to the spine (extremities rubbed, chipped at top of spine). – And a further eight volumes by Charles Darwin (including ‘Insectivorous Plants’, fourth thousand, 1876, 8vo, and ‘The Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom’, second edition, 8vo, and ‘The Formation of Vegetable Mould’, ninth thousandth (corrected), 1883, 8vo, and ‘The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species’, third thousand, 1884, 8vo, and ‘The Movements and Habits of Climbing Plants’, third thousand, 1882, 8vo, and ‘The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication’, 2 vols., second edition revised, fifth thousand, 1885, 8vo, and ‘The Various Contrivances by Which Orchids are Fertilised by Insects, second edition revised, fourth thousand, 1885, 8vo) (9).

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