The library at the Chicago Botanic Garden is playing host to not one, but three first-edition books by Charles Darwin. Through October 28, you can see
- On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection
- Narrative of the surveying voyages of his Majesty’s ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836, describing their examination of the southern shores of South America, and the Beagle’s circumnavigation of the globe (Robert Fitzroy, editor), and
- Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by HMS Beagle
There's also an exhibition on the publication of
On the Origin of Species and its context. Details are
here.--David E
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