DARWIN, Charles. Voyage d'un Naturaliste autour du Monde, fa - Lot 71

DARWIN, Charles. Voyage d'un Naturaliste autour du Monde, fait à bord du Navire le Beagle de 1831 à 1836 par Charles Darwin... Paris, Reinwald, 1883. In-8, wine-leather half-chagrin, ribbed spine decorated with gilded fleurons and caissons, emblem stamped and gilded on front cover, gilt edges. VIII+552 pages. Rubbing to cuts and boards, quires slightly unruly at top. Second French edition, translated from the 1860 edition by Edmond Barbier. With a few figures in the text, it recounts naturalist Charles Darwin's voyage around the world aboard the Beagle in his youth. This volume, awarded as part of a municipal prize, is decorated with the coat of arms of the city of Paris. A rare volume.