Darwin, and after Darwin. An exposition of the Darwinian theory and a discussion of post-Darwinian questions. I. The Darwinian theory.
by [DARWIN]. ROMANES, George John
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About This Item
Chicago: Open Court Publishing, 1892. 12mo. xiv, [2], 460 pp., plus 4 pp. publ. ads. Engravd frntsp., numerous engravings, text illusts. Blue cloth, gilt lettrng (mnr bmpng to crnrs, shlfwr), VG-, w/ numerous contemporary clippings laid-in. First edition of this first volume in the author's exposition of evolutionary biology, including sections on the major proponents of Darwin, and their advances and discoveries in classification, morphology, embryology, palaeontology, natural selection, and more.
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- Zephyr Used & Rare Books
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- Title
- Darwin, and after Darwin. An exposition of the Darwinian theory and a discussion of post-Darwinian questions. I. The Darwinian theory.
- Author
- [DARWIN]. ROMANES, George John
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Open Court Publishing,
- Place of Publication
- Chicago:
- Date Published
- 1892.
- Keywords
- Alfred Russel Wallace, Darwin, Darwinism, Evolution, Evolutionary Theory, Natural Selection, Eugenics, Biology, Botany, Origin of Speices, Huxley, Herbert Spencer, 19th-century Imprints, Natural History, George Romanes, Embryology, Morphology, Palaeontolo
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