The Decent of Man

By: Charles Darwin

Collection ID

PBK.006585.1-.3

Type

Printed Book

Date

1921

Geography

United States

Language

Yiddish

Medium

Printed on Paper

Dimensions

Vol. 1: 8.7 × 5.9 × 1.4 in. (22 × 15 × 3.5 cm) Vol. 2: 8.7 × 5.9 × 1.4 in. (22 × 15 × 3.5 cm) Vol. 3: 8.7 × 5.9 × 1.4 in. (22 × 15 × 3.5 cm)

Exhibit Location

Not on View

Although Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species introduced his theory of evolution to the world, it did not extend this theory to the evolution of humans. Darwin saved this task for The Descent of Man, which appeared 12 years later in 1871. Nevertheless, Darwin’s theories about human evolution were clearly telegraphed in his earlier work—and made explicit by other writers in the intervening years—so The Descent of Man was far from unexpected. The text addressed not only the physical trajectory of evolution but also the development of intellect and morality in humankind. This 1921 Yiddish edition of The Descent of Man was translated by Y. A. Merison. It includes an introduction and brief biography of Darwin by Sir John Arthur Thompson.

Printed in 1921 by Max Meisel at the Publishing House for Yiddish Literature and Science, New York, New York. Acquired by 2020 by Ted Steinbock, private collector, Louisville, Kentucky; Privately purchased in 2020 by Museum of the Bible, Washington, DC.

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