Kohler Collection of books and manuscripts by and about Charles Darwin

This comprehensive collection, assembled over 20 years, comprises 1,628 printed works by Darwin (including first English editions of all titles and many foreign language editions); c. 1,700 books on evolutionary theory, criticism and counter theories; and 152 letters by or to Darwin and others of his circle (including Alfred Russel Wallace, Charles Lyell, Joseph Hooker, T H Huxley, Sir Richard Owen, William Buckland, W Murchison and Asa Gray).

Item date: 18th & 19th century
Grant Value: 10,000
Item cost: 985,000
Item cost pre-decimal: NULL
Item date acquired: 2006
Item institution: Natural History Museum, Library
Town/City: London