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"The collection includes a manuscript fragment - or leaf - from the Origin of the species by Charles Darwin, and a short signed note by his daughter (Henrietta Litchfield). ...As far as the Darwin fragment is concerned the dimensions of the leaf are 20.5 cms x 33 cms. Apparently the leaf is the first and only draft of the Origin of the species published in 1859. It is said to be manuscript page number 277 and the last page of Chapter 7 (Instinct), and represents the 43rd leaf of the first and only draft known to exist." |
