London, John Murray, 1871 [REPRINT Bruxelles, Culture et Civilisation, 1969-1970]. Two volumes in two. 8vo (21.5 x 14.0 cm). 913 pp. [viii, 423; vii, 475]; several text illustrations Full, uniform mock leather. Spines with gilt title.

This is a seldom-seen luxury facsimile edition of Charles Darwin careful views on sexual selection in animals and in the human species, and in the origin of humans. Here, Darwin "...applies evolutionary theory to human evolution, and details his theory of sexual selection, a form of biological adaptation distinct from, yet interconnected with, natural selection. Darwin used the word 'descent' to mean lineal descendant of ancestors. The book discusses many related issues, including evolutionary psychology, evolutionary ethics, evolutionary musicology, differences between human races, differences between sexes, the dominant role of women in mate choice, and the relevance of the evolutionary theory to society" (Wikipedia). A mint set.