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See: Printed books and manuscripts. 16 + 17 December 1983. New York: Christie's, Lot 467. In Darwin Online as F3518.
From the 1983 auction description: "titled at head and signed at base with date 26 June 1871 ... on pale blue foolscap paper, with a narrow envelope in which the leaf was sent to the original owner...written on the envelope [by E. A. Darwin] 'N.B. Not forged E.A.D.,' and addressed it to R. Tait. Tait himself has written, in the corner, 'Autograph of Charles Darwin, part of the manuscript of Origin of Species. Sent me in this envelope by his elder brother Erasmus, my friend and neighbor in Queen Anne St. here for many years..." Provenance Sotheby's London, 25 June 1975, lot 300 "Property of a Gentleman" and previously Maggs Bros. Lt. London, 1976. This is the earliest known gift of an Origin draft leaf. |
