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xxxvi, 1 leaf, 400 pp; 1 leaf [title page], pp. 401-729, [1, errata]; 8 color plates; 20 page catalogue of John Grant Bookseller, Edinburgh. Original cloth. Rubbed at top & bottom of spine. Corners of covers slightly worn. But still a very nice set. Near Fine. Charles Darwin's "Prefatory Notice" is pp. v-vi. Freeman 1414. English translation of August Weismann's Studien zur Descendenz-Theorie (1875-1876).

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