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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Science
Aina J Khan

Charles Darwin autograph manuscript could fetch £700,000 at auction

Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin was known for obsessively revising his publications and discarding pages from working drafts. Photograph: Cambridge University Library/PA

A rare manuscript containing a passage from Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species is to be sold at auction in November.

The document, which is expected to fetch between £530,000 and £700,000, is said to be the most significant autograph manuscript by Darwin to have appeared at auction.

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