Leilão Bidspirit | Darwin, Charles. On the expression

Darwin, Charles. On the expression of sensations in humans and animals. Translated from the proofreading sheets sent by the author, edited by Professor A. Kovalevsky. - St. Petersburg. Printing house of F. S. Sushchinsky, 1872. - III, [1], 335, [1] S., 16 l. ill. outside the pagination. Hardcover combined with embossed spine, reduced format (15 x 19.2 cm). The covers of the binding are worn, have losses on the cover, longitudinal cracks on the spine; foxings, dirt, traces, moisture, rare owner's marks on the pages, owner's signatures on the title and the first page of the Table of Contents; block splits; stamp. The first lifetime edition in Russian. [C 13 fig. on separate sheets. Charles Darwin (1809-1882) wrote the book ”On the Expression of Sensations” for 33 years: in December 1839 he began to collect materials, and in 1872 the book was published. The book was a huge success and made a lot of noise, as it contradicted traditional ideas about the origin of life on Earth. One of the boldest thoughts was to claim that evolution lasted for many millions of years. This contradicted the Bible's teaching that the world was created in six days and has remained unchanged ever since. Today, most scientists use a modernized version of Darwin's theory to explain changes in living organisms. The book was a turning point in understanding the relationship between biological and psychological phenomena, in particular, the body and emotions. The publication contains illustrations made in the techniques of lithography, woodcut and phototype. In the history of Russian scientific publications, this was the first experience of using photography.]