Books

1949. Erevan, Academy of Sciences Armenian S.S.R., 1949. Large8vo. In publisher's original printed cardboard binding. Title printed to spine and front board. A pictures of The Beagle on lower part of front board. Binding with wear to spine, especially to upper part. Back board with a few stains. Internally fine and clean with many text-illustrations throughout. (4), 460 pp. + frontiespiece of Darwin. The exceedingly rare first Armenian translation of Darwin's "Journal of Researches". "His first published book is undoubtedly the most often read and stands second only to ‘On the origin of Species’ as the most often printed. It is an important travel book in its own right and its relation to the background of his evolutionary ideas has often been stressed."(Freeman p. 31).Freeman 169

An in-depth narrative of Charles Darwin's landmark journey on the H.M.S. Beagle, where he conducted research that led to groundbreaking theories in natural history and geology.