1839 1905 packard (7 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. In English.

8vo. Pp. iv,55, 55 wood-engraved figs. in text, index. Plain wrappers. Very good.

Gebunden. Zustand: New.

4to. pp. iv, [iv], 607 [ff. 14]. 13 lithographed plates. black buckram.

8vo. xii, [2], 451, [1] pp. Frontispiece, 9 illus., index. Original navy-blue blind- and gilt-stamped cloth. Embossed stamp of the Carnegie Institution, Mount Wilson Observatory; signed by George Ellery Hale and with his pencil notes at rear. Very good. Scarce. INSCRIBED BY GEORGE ELLERY HALE. First edition. Jean-Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet, chevalier de Lamarck was a French naturalist, biologist, and an early proponent of the idea that biological evolution occurred and proceeded in accordance with natural laws. / Alpheus Spring Packard Jr. LL.D. was an American entomologist and palaeontologist. He was a vocal proponent of Neo-Lamarckism during the eclipse of Darwinism. He described over 500 new animal species â" especially butterflies and moths â" and was one of the founders of The American Naturalist. He served as a professor at Brown University.…

4to. pp. 1 p.l., 7-291, [ff. 41]. 10 maps (1 coloured, 9 folded) & 49 plates, incl. 6 heliotypes, 12 lithographs, & 31 chromolithographs). black buckram. Two further volumes were published in 1905 and 1914.