Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London Zoology, 1859. Ian Fleming’s copy.
Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London Zoology. London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans & Roberts, 1859. Volume formed of issues of the Proceedings for 1858, made up from reserved stock of the parts with new title pages. From the library of Ian Fleming.
The Lilly Library is home to the extensive collection of Bond creator Ian Fleming (1908-1964), one of the most popular novelists of all time. A bibliophile, Fleming enlisted the advice of bookseller Percy Muir (1891-1979) in his quest for first editions of works that “marked milestones of human progress” and had “started something.” Muir, a partner in Dulau’s bookstore on Bond Street when he and Fleming met and subsequently a managing director of Elkin Mathews, was admirably positioned to help him. Fleming, who joined the board of Elkin Matthews, was particularly interested in scientists of the nineteenth century, their discoveries, inventions, and innovative ideas. His collection at the Lilly comprises over 600 books and an extensive selection of scientific articles. Fleming had his purchases encased in specially made buckram boxes with his bookplate on the cover. It is easy to see why the volume that contained Darwin’s game-changing contribution to the Linnean Society’s Proceedings would have appealed to Fleming.
On the tendency of species to form varieties : and on the perpetuation of varieties and species by natural means of selection / by Charles Darwin, Esq., and Alfred Wallace, Esq. Communicated by Sir Charles Lyell, and J.D. Hooker, Esq.
On the tendency of species to form varieties : and on the perpetuation of varieties and species by natural means of selection / by Charles Darwin, Esq., and Alfred Wallace, Esq. Communicated by Sir Charles Lyell, and J.D. Hooker, Esq.
On the tendency of species to form varieties : and on the perpetuation of varieties and species by natural means of selection / by Charles Darwin, Esq., and Alfred Wallace, Esq. Communicated by Sir Charles Lyell, and J.D. Hooker, Esq.
On the tendency of species to form varieties : and on the perpetuation of varieties and species by natural means of selection / by Charles Darwin, Esq., and Alfred Wallace, Esq. Communicated by Sir Charles Lyell, and J.D. Hooker, Esq.