Charles Darwin & Edmond Barbier - La descendance de...

Fascinating illustrated edition of this major synthesis of Darwinian thought applied to the human species - The work extends the ideas set out in On the Origin of Species by centering them specifically on man, seeking to demonstrate that humanity is fully within the general evolutionary process of living beings - Darwin develops the idea that man and other primates share common ancestors, drawing on anatomical, embryological and behavioral comparisons to highlight the continuities between species - He analyzes the similarities between human and animal body structures, biological functions, as well as certain emotional expressions and instinctive behaviors, which he interprets as evolutionary legacies - An essential part of the work is devoted to the theory of sexual selection, by which Darwin explains the appearance of physical or behavioral traits that are not directly related to survival, but to partner attraction and reproduction - Charles Darwin & Edmond Barbier - La descendance de l'homme et la sélection sexuelle - 1874 - Tome II - C. Reinwald et Cie - IV + 507 Pages. Good condition of the binding, the work in its full green cloth binding of original type (binder A. Lenègre), wear from use, some minor defects on the cover, heads sunken, corners and hinges slightly worn, mottled edges, smooth ornate spine, gilded titling, volume number and author’s name, cold-embossed lines framing the boards - Good interior condition, some stains, the work enriched with beautiful black engravings interleaved in the text, with Edmond Barbier’s translation and Carl Vogt’s preface, blue endpapers in good condition, ex-libris (partially torn), a pleasant copy - Delivery service guaranteed within a few days –

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