Voyage of the HMS Beagle - Charles Darwin - Folio Society - 2003 1st Edition

Edition
Voyage of the HMS Beagle - Charles Darwin - Folio Society - 2003 1st Edition

Condition
Very Good.  No Slipcase.

Details
Charles Darwin, journal of researches into the natural history and geology of the countries visited during the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle round the world under Captain Fitz Roy, R.N., introduced by Richard Keynes. Typographical design by Bernard Roberts. 252 × 179 × 51 mm. Pp. [i–v] vi–xxxiv [xxxv–xxxvi], [1–3] 4–518 [519–524]: [26] pages of colour, [12] pages of monochrome plates. Type: Baskerville. Typeset by Gloucester Typesetting, printed and bound by the Bath Press. Full blue-green cloth with a design in black and gold by David Eccles; pale blue endleaves with a map. Black slip case. This volume was issued in Folio’s series of Victorian works of exploration and travel. The plates reproduce illustrations issued to accompany early editions of the work, while the frontispiece is a portrait of Darwin painted in 1840.