The Complete Library of Charles Darwin revealed for the first time

Credit: Reproduced with kind permission by State Darwin Museum, Moscow.

Oil painting by Victor Eustaphieff of Darwin in his study at Down House with one of his bookcases that made up his extensive personal library reflected in the mirror.

« The Complete Library of Charles Darwin revealed for the first time

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The frontispiece of the Principles of Geology, volume 1 by Charles Lyell, a book from which Darwin drew inspiration to explain how species change over time.

« The Complete Library of Charles Darwin revealed for the first time

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An issue of a German scientific periodical was sent to Darwin in 1877 that contained the first published photographs of bacteria.

« The Complete Library of Charles Darwin revealed for the first time

Credit: Reproduced with kind permission by Darwin Online.

Two historic images, a photograph (left) and an etching (right), are here combined to show the bookcases in his study.

« The Complete Library of Charles Darwin revealed for the first time

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