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Auction description: "DARWIN, Charles (1809-1882). Autograph manuscript, a leaf from a draft of On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, headed "Sect. VI Summary" and numbered "229" in Darwin's hand at top of page, comprising approximately 285 words (including deletions), in 26 irregular lines on recto plus a two-line insertion penned on the verso., WITH NUMEROUS DELETIONS AND EMENDATIONS BY DARWIN, one encompassing 4 lines, the deleted text quite readable, a pencilled note at top of page "O of Sp Ch VI," n.p. [probably Downe, Kent], n.d. [July-December 1859]. 1 page, folio, 332 x 210 mm. (13 x 8 in.), in ink on a sheet of good quality blue paper, right-hand margin with deckle edges preserved, minute light spots to extreme right-hand edge in a few places, otherwise in excellent condition."
Christies 9 June 1999. $96,000. |
