The Zoology of the Voyage of HMS Beagle by Charles Darwin – RGS LE Facsimile - 1994
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1wcarter
The Zoology of the Voyage of HMS Beagle, Under the Command of Captain Fitzroy RN, 1832-1836 - Edited and superintended by Charles Darwin - ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY LIMITED EDITION FACSIMILE 1994
A PICTORIAL REVIEW
No.833 of 1000 copies.
Signed by Dr. John Hemming, Director and secretary, Royal Geographical Society.
4 volume commemorative facsimile edition of 1840 original that was Darwin’s personal copy.
Volume One fossils
Volume Two mammals
Volume Three birds
Volume Four fish and reptiles
Additional text by Richard Owen, George R Waterhouse, John Gould, Thomas Bell and Lenard Jenyns.
82 full colour plates and 84 single colour plates by John Gould et al. including 3 fold-out pages.
Half bound in brown gilt blocked leather, grey marble printed boards.
Gilt embossed spine and corners.
Brown marble printed endpapers.
Green silk bookmark.
Head and tail bands.
Housed in a wooden box with adjustable ratchet top and felt covered bottom. 36.3x28.5x18.8cm.
Books 30x23cm.
590 pages in total.
Laid in 20 page 19x21.8cm. promotional booklet with fold-out page and two A4 promotional cards.
A4 poster for framing in folder.
I paid £550 (plus £220 tax, fees and postage to Australia from UK) in 2023. When released in 1994 this set was £950.
Promotional booklet
Folder with laid-in print
Promotional cards
In situ
An index of the other illustrated reviews in the this series can be viewed here.
A PICTORIAL REVIEW
No.833 of 1000 copies.
Signed by Dr. John Hemming, Director and secretary, Royal Geographical Society.
4 volume commemorative facsimile edition of 1840 original that was Darwin’s personal copy.
Volume One fossils
Volume Two mammals
Volume Three birds
Volume Four fish and reptiles
Additional text by Richard Owen, George R Waterhouse, John Gould, Thomas Bell and Lenard Jenyns.
82 full colour plates and 84 single colour plates by John Gould et al. including 3 fold-out pages.
Half bound in brown gilt blocked leather, grey marble printed boards.
Gilt embossed spine and corners.
Brown marble printed endpapers.
Green silk bookmark.
Head and tail bands.
Housed in a wooden box with adjustable ratchet top and felt covered bottom. 36.3x28.5x18.8cm.
Books 30x23cm.
590 pages in total.
Laid in 20 page 19x21.8cm. promotional booklet with fold-out page and two A4 promotional cards.
A4 poster for framing in folder.
I paid £550 (plus £220 tax, fees and postage to Australia from UK) in 2023. When released in 1994 this set was £950.
Promotional booklet
Folder with laid-in print
Promotional cards
In situ
An index of the other illustrated reviews in the this series can be viewed here.
2ubiquitousuk
There's something quite beautiful about the austerity of type design in these Regency/Victorian era books. Clearly, some typesetter at Smith, Elder & Co said to themselves "if we are going to eternally record the story of life for the benefit of posterity then it had better look good!"
I shy away from things that come in wooden slipcases or boxes (I collect books; if I started collecting furniture too then there would be a bit of a domestic incident). But this wooden box looks quite handsome in situ and also provides a practical-looking reading support.
I shy away from things that come in wooden slipcases or boxes (I collect books; if I started collecting furniture too then there would be a bit of a domestic incident). But this wooden box looks quite handsome in situ and also provides a practical-looking reading support.
4wcarter
>3 Mechan1c:
The only page in the whole four volumes that is not a facsimile of the 1840 original is the page on which the number and signature appear (picture 14 above) and a brief colophon opposite this that is also shown in the picture. In the promotional booklet, the paper is described as "special antique paper", whatever that means.
The only page in the whole four volumes that is not a facsimile of the 1840 original is the page on which the number and signature appear (picture 14 above) and a brief colophon opposite this that is also shown in the picture. In the promotional booklet, the paper is described as "special antique paper", whatever that means.
