Bold ink signature, “Charles Darwin, Down, Beckenham, Kent, March 30, 1872,” on an off-white 5 x 3.5 slip. Affixed to a larger album page and in fine condition, with a single vertical fold. Darwin first used the word ‘evolution’ in 1871’s The Descent of Man, before adding it to the sixth edition of The Origin of Species in 1872. Pre-certified PSA/DNA.
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