1920 ORIGIN OF SPECIES Charles Darwin Hardcover

ORIGIN OF SPECIES by Charles Darwin circa 1920 (no date given). Published by Merrill and Baker. Two volumes in one. Bound in green cloth with gilt letting on spine. Two small puncture holes along spine. Hinge broken at 2nd page with owner's name written on the back of that page.

Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species, was published in 1859 and it was banned in 1895 for contradicting Christian beliefs. Darwin's critics used religious debates to negate Darwin's hypothesis. They stated that concepts such as natural selection were incompatible with Christianity and did not allow for essential species, while others criticized the work itself. If you are a collector of banned books, this is one you want on your library shelf.