The world's largest Charles Darwin book collection has been bought by the Natural History Museum for nearly £1m.
The Kohler Darwin Collection includes almost everything the naturalist published from 1829 onwards.
Antiquarians Chris and Michele Kohler amassed about 3,500 items, filling four rooms in their house, over 20 years.
The acquisition, the most expensive in the museum's 125-year history, was made possible thanks to a £712,000 grant by the National Heritage Memorial Fund.
Four years ago, the museum opened its £95m Darwin Centre, housing 22m zoology specimens - many collected by Darwin on his 19th Century voyages.
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