On 2nd November 1859, Charles Darwin’s publisher, John Murray, sent him a specimen copy of the first edition of On the Origin of Species. Darwin was delighted with ‘the appearance of my child’. The book was published later that month.
On 2nd November 1859, Charles Darwin’s publisher, John Murray, sent him a specimen copy of the first edition of On the Origin of Species. Darwin was delighted with ‘the appearance of my child’. The book was published later that month.