On the origin of species by means of natural selection, or, The preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life / by Charles Darwin.

London : J. Murray, 1860.

ix, 1 unnumbered page, 502 pages, 1 folded leaf of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm

[2nd ed.]. 5th thousand.

"The second edition, which is not so-called on the title page, was published, in the form in which it is usually seen, on January 7th, 1860. Three thousand copies were printed, perhaps including the few... which have 1859 on the title page... It can be recognized immediately by the date, by the words 'FIFTH THOUSAND', and the correct spelling of 'LINNEAN' on the title page"--The works of Charles Darwin / by R.B. Freeman. 2nd ed.

GM 220