The Correspondence of Charles Darwin. Vols. 1- 13 (1821-1865). Ed. by F. Burkhardt and S. Smith a.o.

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Cambridge: At the University Press 1985-2002. Thick Royal 8vo. Original cloth. Dustjackets. Portrait frontispieces numerous illusts. and footnotes. Endpapers show "Table of Relationship". Fine. NOTE: A 30-volume print edition of The Correspondence of Charles Darwin (Cambridge University Press 1985-) will be completed in 2022. These volumes on offer cover the period 1821 to 1865. Letter-writing was of crucial importance to Darwin's work not only because his poor health isolated him from direct personal communication with his scientific colleagues but also because the nature of his investigations required communication with naturalists in many fields and in all quarters of the globe.