NMLP P-036512 · Point of issue · minted 2026-07-19

On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection

Charles Darwin · John Murray (London) · 1859

Supporting first-edition readings that Darwin later altered include the misprint 'speceies' for 'species' at p.20, line 11, and the bear-swimming-'like a whale' passage given in full at p.184 (softened in the second edition) -- but Freeman states these are NOT necessary for identification and should not be relied on alone

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New Mexico Literacy Project — Point of issue NMLP P-036512 for "On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection" by Charles Darwin (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-036512, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).