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From the July 2023 auction description: "Octavo in 8s, 190 x 125mm, iii + 219 + i leaves, loose in gatherings, three paginated leaves, 28 signatures (lacking signature 'O' and with 2G4-7, the Index, present here in galley proof form, printed on one side of a single sheet and folded), each signature annotated '1st Proof in sheet' and 'P' by the printer and stamped with the date on which it was sent to Darwin (28 April-4 June 1875), over 1,300 words, emendations or cancellations in Darwin's hand between signatures R-2G [with, laid in:] autograph note headed 'To the compositor' regarding the layout of p.265 following Darwin's text changes, on a slip of paper (114 x 181mm) inserted between pp.264-5 [and:] the corresponding seven lines of corrected text in another hand, on a slip of blue paper (109 x 209mm). Modern green morocco case, gilt lettered, by Atelier Laurenchet. Provenance: Jonathan Hill, bookseller, catalogue 54, 1990, no 21 – to the present owner." |
