NMLP P-035438 · Point of issue · minted 2026-07-09

The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex

Charles Darwin · John Murray (London) · 1871

First-issue text has 'transmitted' as the first word on page 297 of volume 1 (reset to 'When' in the second issue), errata for both volumes printed on the verso of the volume 2 title leaf, and a tipped-in 'Postscript' leaf at pages [ix]-x of volume 2 in which Darwin acknowledges 'a serious and unfortunate error' affecting pages 297-299 of volume 1 and pages 161 and 237 of volume 2

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New Mexico Literacy Project — Point of issue NMLP P-035438 for "The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex" by Charles Darwin (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-035438, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).