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Insectivorous Plants, Charles Darwin. First Edition, First Issue.

Insectivorous Plants, Charles Darwin. First Edition, First Issue.

Insectivorous Plants, Charles Darwin. First Edition, First Issue.

Insectivorous Plants, Charles Darwin. First Edition, First Issue.

Insectivorous Plants, Charles Darwin. First Edition, First Issue.

Insectivorous Plants, Charles Darwin. First Edition, First Issue.

Insectivorous Plants, Charles Darwin. First Edition, First Issue.

Insectivorous Plants, Charles Darwin. First Edition, First Issue.

Insectivorous Plants, Charles Darwin. First Edition, First Issue.

Insectivorous Plants, Charles Darwin. First Edition, First Issue.

Insectivorous Plants, Charles Darwin. First Edition, First Issue.

Insectivorous Plants, Charles Darwin. First Edition, First Issue.

Insectivorous Plants, Charles Darwin. First Edition, First Issue.

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Insectivorous Plants, Charles Darwin

First edition, first issue of Darwin's important investigation of "the function and significance of carnivorous habits in certain species of plants, discovering that their ability to trap and digest insects was an adaptation enabling them to survive even in extremely poor soil" (Norman, 601). With woodcut illustrations by Darwin himself, as well as his sons George and Francis Darwin.

London: John Murray, 1875. Original green cloth, spine lettered in gilt; pp. x, 462. A very good copy. Binding sturdy, general light shelfwear and rubbing with some loss to cloth at spine ends, a small portion of spine cloth at upper joint re-adhered with archival adhesive, hinges reinforced with archival adhesive. Internally quite clean with just a handful of instances of minor foxing and toning, contemporary bookstore label to front pastedown. A presentable copy.

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