London: An auction house says it is selling a rare first edition of Charles Darwin`s "On the Origin of Species" found in a family`s guest lavatory in southern England.Christie`s auction house said Sunday the book — one of around 1,250 copies first printed in 1859 — had been on a toilet bookshelf at a family`s home in Oxford.
The book will be auctioned on Tuesday — the 150th anniversary of the publication of the famous work. Christie`s said the book is likely to sell for 60,000 pounds ($99,000).
Darwin`s "The Origin of Species" outlined his theory of natural selection — the foundation for the modern understanding of evolution.
Celebrations around the world this year have marked the 200th anniversary of Darwin`s birth.
Bureau Report
First Published: Sunday, November 22, 2009, 20:44
