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A single folio holograph draft of On the Origin of Species, p. 226 of the manuscript, p. 203 of the 1859 published edition, Chapter 6, 'Difficulties on theory'. 330x210mm. Given by Henrietta Litchfield to Karl Pearson in 1923.
Written on the back of the mount: "The holograph was given to Karl Pearson by Charles Darwin's daughter Mrs Litchfield, August, 1923. (She was in contact with Karl Pearson when he was writing his Life, letters and Labours of Francis Galton) and to the Department of Statistics, University College London by Karl Pearson's son, Egon Sharpe Pearson November 1967" |
