Description:
Rosamund, CA: Bill Huth Publishers, 2009. Second Printing. Hardcover. Near fine. Volume I only. Octavo, 8 in. x 5.2 in., pp. xix, [1], 374, [3] (advertising). Illustrated with frontispiece, two additional full-page plates, and seven figures. Forest green boards with elaborate frame stamped in blind to front and back. Gilt title to spine. Originally published in 1899, The History of Creation was the first book of its kind to apply a doctrine to the whole range of organic morphology and make use of the effect Darwin had on biological sciences during the 19th century. Haeckel looks at Darwin's reform of Descent Theory and its establishment through the doctrine of selection. He introduces Descent Theory into the systematic classification of animals and plants and finds a "natural system" on the basis of genealogy - that is, to construct hypothetical pedigrees for the various species of organisms. The book will be of interest to those studying natural history and the origins of modern scientific thought,…
Read More No image available
THE HISTORY OF CREATION: OR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE EARTH AND ITS INHABITANTS BY THE ACTION OF NATURAL CAUSES (2 VOLUMES COMPLETE) A POPULAR EXPOSITION OF THE DOCTRINE OF EVOLUTION IN GENERAL, AND OF THAT OF DARWIN, GOETHE, AND LARARCK IN PARTICULAR Hardcover - 1880
by HAECKEL, ERNST
Details
- Title THE HISTORY OF CREATION: OR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE EARTH AND ITS INHABITANTS BY THE ACTION OF NATURAL CAUSES (2 VOLUMES COMPLETE) A POPULAR EXPOSITION OF THE DOCTRINE OF EVOLUTION IN GENERAL, AND OF THAT OF DARWIN, GOETHE, AND LARARCK IN PARTICULAR
- Author HAECKEL, ERNST
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition FIRST THUS
- Publisher Bill Huth Publishers, Rosamond, California
- Date 1880
- ISBN 9780978806439
More Copies for Sale
More Photos
THE HISTORY OF CREATION : OR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE EARTH AND ITS INHABITANTS BY THE ACTION OF NATURAL CAUSES. A POPULAR EXPOSITION OF THE DOCTRINE OF EVOLUTION IN GENERAL, AND OF THAT OF DARWIN, GOETHE, AND LAMARCK IN PARTICULAR. (VOLUME I ONLY); Translated from the German by E. Ray Lankester
by Haeckel, Ernst
- Used
- Near Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- Second Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780978806439 / 0978806433
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Eugene, Oregon, United States
- Item Price
-
€78.45FREE shipping to USA
Show Details
Item Price
€78.45
FREE shipping to USA