The Geological Evidences Of The Antiquity Of Man, With Remarks On Theories Of The Origin Of Species By Variation Lyell, Sir Charles Natural History

First edition, 8vo, xii, 520, 32 advertisement pp. Two plates and 58 text figures, three leaves of contemporary manuscript notes on the text loosely inserted. Recent maroon morocco, an excellent copy. The last major work of Lyell's life, it was coloured by the publication of Darwin's "Origin of Species" four years earlier. Lyell couldn't bring himself to champion the new theories, and his impartial overview of the competing theories in the later chapters disappointed Darwin, although he admitted "The whole. struck me as a compilation, but of the highest quality, for when possible the facts have been verified on the spot." Bailey pp187-201.