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First issue of Volume I, second issue of Volume II. Complete in two volumes. Good. Green cloth, generally rubbed and soiled at the surface and edges. Both volumes bound with forward leans, hinges reinforced, chipped half-title of Volume I restored with paper backing, foxing throughout. Darwin's influential work that furthers his theories about evolution and natural selection. In fact, the first issue of this book features Darwin's first use of "evolution.".

In 'The Descent of Man,' Charles Darwin applies evolutionary theory to human evolution, and details his theory of sexual selection.