Charles Darwin - Observations géologiques sur les îles volcaniques explorées par l'expédition du "Beagle" et notes - 1902

Charles Darwin, trans. A.-F. Renard - Geological Observations on the Volcanic Islands Explored by the Beagle Expedition - 1902

Original edition of the French translation by A.-F. Renard, professor at Ghent University, based on the third English edition.

Paris, Librairie C. Reinwald, Schleicher Frères, 1902. Octavo, XXII-218 pages, 14 figures in the text and 1 folding map of Ascension Island. Complete copy. Uncut pages.

Darwin gathers here his geological observations on the volcanic islands visited during the Beagle voyage, including Santiago, Ascension, Saint Helena and the Galápagos, as well as notes on the geology of Australia and the Cape of Good Hope. The volume includes a translator’s preface and an alphabetical index.

Uncut copy, pages never opened.