Opshtamung fun Menshen un der Opklayb Beshayches tzu Geshlecht [“On the Origin of Species”].

Estimate: $400–$600
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author

DARWIN, CHARLES.

printer

Max Maisel

Place

New York

Publication

1921

Description

FIRST YIDDISH EDITION. With: A Guide to Darwinism by Professor J. Arthur Thomson. Frontispiece portrait. Illustrated with 142 text illustrations.

summary

First Yiddish edition of Darwin’s The Origin of Species, that first appeared in 1859. Translated by the New York physician and social activist Jacob Merison (1866-1941), translator of Das Kapital (see lot 196).

Three volumes bound in one. Vol. 1: pp. 364. * Vol. 2: pp. 368. * Vol. 3: pp. 312. Original boards. Thick 4to.

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