Darwin, Charles. JOURNAL OF RESEARCHES INTO THE NATURAL HISTORY & GEOLOGY of the Countries Visited during the Voyage Round the World of H.M.S. 'Beagle'. Under the Command of Capt. FitzRoy, R.N. By Charles Darwin, M.A., F.R.S., Author of 'Origin of Species,' etc. A New Edition with Illustrations by R. T. Pritchett of places Visited and Objects Described. Reduced height roy. 8vo, First Illustrated Murray Edition; pp. [ii], xvi, 552(last blank); 2 folding coloured maps (at end), frontispiece & 10 plates plus full-page plan of the 'Beagle', 93 text illustrations, index; original olive-green cloth, with CD monogram in circle of porpoises, with scallop shell below in gilt on front cover, and bolas in gilt on spine; top edge gilt; bevelled edges; (rear board slightly scratched; some mild foxing); a very good copy; very scarce. London; John Murray; 1890.
***Ferguson 8958b; Freeman 59 (variant coloured cloth), this being one of the copies including the unlisted Plan of the 'Beagle' not present in all copies. This plan was drawn by Philip Gidley King, a midshipman on the 'Beagle' under Fitz Roy, and the son of Philip Parker King, commander of the 'Adventure' which accompanied the 'Beagle' on her first surveying expedition (1826-30), and earlier (1818-22) surveyed the western coast of Australia. Philip Gidley King, grandson of his namesake, Captain King, Governor of New South Wales 1800-1806, became a prominent citizen in his own right, as a Member of the Legislative Council of his native New South Wales. This illustrated edition was no doubt issued in response to Nelson's edition first published in 1888, the first substantially illustrated edition. #66379
