Journal of researches into the natural history and geology of the countries visited during the voyage round the world of H.M.S. ‘Beagle’ under the command of Captain Fitz Roy, R.N.

London : T. Nelson and Sons, Paternoster Row. Edinburgh; and New York. 1896. Fifth Nelson edition. Octavo, gilt-lettered blue cloth (edges rubbed, short tears to head and foot of spine), pp. 615; [blank]; 6 double-page & 16 full-page plates, several text illustrations, index, a very good copy.

An account of the account of the five years that English naturalist Charles Darwin spent traveling around the world on the HMS Beagle, a voyage that led him to develop his theory of the evolution of the species.

Not in Ferguson; Freeman 81 (collation incorrect by reference to his 48). First published by Nelson in this form in 1888 (the first substantially illustrated edition).