Lot 2116
Darwin Family. Krause, Ernest. Erasmus Darwin... with a Preliminary Notice by Charles Darwin, inscribed 'V.H. Darwin, From the Author 1879', the free endpaper inscribed by a contemporary hand, 'From C Darwin', portrait frontispiece, original cloth, worn, covers detached, 8vo, London: John Murray, 1879; Galton, Francis. Memories of My Life, third edition, original cloth, 8vo, London: Methuen & Co., 1909 (2)
The recipient of this work was Violetta Harriet Darwin (1826-1880), grand-daughter of Erasmus Darwin. Her father was Francis Sacheverel Darwin (1786-1859), uncle to Francis Galton and half-uncle to Charles Darwin.
