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228 pages including index. "Surveys the impact of Darwinism on several intellectual disciplines, concentrating on religion, philosophy, and social thought." - from back cover. Usual library markings. Above-average wear. Worthy working copy. Book
In due parti: Cenni storici ed esposizione della dottrina Darwiniana; Critica del darwinismo (di parte cattolica). L'autore, sacerdote, dedica il libro all'arcivescovo di Udine Pietro Zamburlini. In buono stato
Milano, Gaetano Brigola, 1870, in-16, mezza tela muta coeva, piatti marmorizzati, pp. 157, (3). Con 9 illustrazioni in b.n. nel testo. Nato in Val di Non e laureato a Vienna, Canestrini fu il primo traduttore italiano di Darwin (la sua traduzione di On the Origin of Species è del 1864) ed il primo ad introdurre in Italia le teorie evoluzionistiche. Fu professore di Storia naturale alle Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia e dal 1869 professore di Zoologia, Anatomia comparata e Fisiologia a Padova.
cm 20 x 15 pp.48.. .
In 8 (cm 17,5 x 25), pp. 102. Danni riparati al dorso. Brossura editoriale. Sporadiche annotazioni ai margini del testo.
2 vols., roy. 8vo., Second Impression, with 2 fine portrait frontispieces toned in sepia (original tissue guards present), 9 plates (original tissue guards present where called for) and an illustration in the text, neat contemporary signature on blank preliminary of first volume; original burgundy cloth, gilt back, uncut, backstrips faded (but all lettering just legible), backstrips slightly pulled at heads else a very good, crisp, clean set. With 4pp publisher's catalogue bound in at end of both volumes. Sold from an institution with its bookplates on front paste-downs and front free endpapers, and small blind stamp on titles. Published a month after the first edition.
8vo., Second Impression, free endpapers lightly browned; original burgundy cloth, gilt back, uncut, a remarkably bright, crisp, clean copy. With publisher's advertisement leaf at end. Collects eleven essays relating to evolution, the 'Origin' and the aftermath, by one of Darwin's closest friends and staunchest supporters. Volume two of Huxley's 'Collected Essays' but complete in itself. First published in the previous year. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
Torino, UTE, 1878, 8vo brossura, copertina in cartoncino posticcio muto, pp. 346. (Freeman, 1269 - Coccia, pag. 220) Prima edizione italiana.
8vo., First Edition; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly browned at fold-ins. SCARCE.
Gutes Exemplar; Einband mit minimalen Läsuren; Seiten unaufgeschnitten; wenige Seiten mit Wasserspuren u. gering fleckig. - Charles Robert Darwin (* 12. Februar 1809 in Shrewsbury; † 19. April 1882 in Down House/Grafschaft Kent) war ein britischer Naturforscher. Er gilt wegen seiner wesentlichen Beiträge zur Evolutionstheorie als einer der bedeutendsten Naturwissenschaftler. Die Ende 1831 begonnene und fast fünf Jahre andauernde zweite Reise mit der HMS Beagle, die den jungen Darwin einmal um die Welt führte, war zugleich Schlüsselerlebnis und Grundlage für sein späteres Werk. Der breiten Öffentlichkeit wurde Darwin erstmals durch seinen 1839 herausgegebenen Reisebericht bekannt. Mit seiner Theorie über die Entstehung der Korallenriffe und weiteren geologischen Schriften erlangte er in wissenschaftlichen Kreisen die Anerkennung als Geologe. Seine Untersuchungen an den Rankenfußkrebsen (Cirripedia) verschafften ihm Mitte der 1850er Jahre zusätzlich einen Ruf als angesehener Zoologe und Taxonom. Bereits 1838 entwarf Darwin seine Theorie der Anpassung an den Lebensraum durch Variation und natürliche Selektion und erklärte so die phylogenetische Entwicklung aller Organismen und ihre Aufspaltung in verschiedene Arten. Über 20 Jahre lang trug er Belege für diese Theorie zusammen. … (wiki) // ... Man wird z. B. sehen, daß nach dem 8. Capitel eine Unterbrechung eintritt; die Erzählung geht von 1854 auf 1831 zurück, damit die sich auf die Entwicklungslehre beziehenden Capitel die Geschichte ununterbrochen darstellen. In gleicher Weise wird die botanische Thätigkeit, welche in dem späteren Theile seines Lebens so viel von meines Vaters Zeit in Anspruch nahm, besonders in dem 16. und 17. Capitel besprochen. Was das 4. Capitel betrifft, in welchem ich eine Schilderung der Arbeitsweise meines Vaters zu geben versucht habe, so sei mir zu erwähnen gestattet, daß ich während der letzten acht Jahre seines Lebens als sein Assistent thätig gewesen bin und ich daher Gelegenheit gehabt habe, etwas von seinen Gewohnheiten und Methoden kennen zu lernen. ... (Vorwort Francis Darwin) // INHALT : Die Darwins ----- Autobiographie ----- Religion ----- Erinnerungen ----- Leben in Cambridge - Die Anstellung am Beagle: 1828 ----- 1831 ----- Die Reise: 1831 ----- 1836 ----- London und Cambridge: 1836 ----- 1842 ----- Leben in Down: 1842 ----- 1854 ----- Das Grundlegen der ,Entstehung der Arten': 1831 ----- 1844 ----- Das Wachsthum der ,Entstehung der Arten': 1843 ----- 1858 ----- Das Schreiben der ,Entstehung der Arten', Juni 1858 b Kovbr 1859 ----- Die Herausgabe der ,Entstehung der Arten', Okt b Decbr 1859 ----- Die ,Entstehung der Arten' ----- Anzeigen und Kritiken ----- Annahmen und Angriffe: 1860 ----- Die Ausbreitung der Entwicklung: 1861 ----- 1871 ----- Miscellanea ----- Wiederaufnahme geologischer Arbeit ----- Die Vivisectionsfrage ----- Ehrenbezeugungen ----- Die Befruchtung der Blüthen ----- Kletterpflanzen ----- Bewegungsvermögen bei Pflanzen ----- Insectenfressende Pflanzen ----- Kew-Index der Pflanzennamen Schluß ----- Anhang : Das Begräbnis in der Westminster Abtei ----- Portraits.
ril. A ben oltre un secolo dalla sua morte, le idee di Charles Darwin sono ancora in grado di ispirare scoperte scientifiche, ma di suscitare anche accesi e violenti dibattiti, quasi sempre di natura ideologica. Ma chi era veramente Darwin? E, soprattutto, in quale contesto storico- culturale nacque e maturò la sua rivoluzionaria teoria dell'evoluzione delle specie per selezione naturale? È proprio a queste domande che dà risposta la biografia di Janet Browne, restituendo un'immagine quanto mai vivida e a tutto tondo di Darwin. Una biografia definitiva dell'uomo e dello scienziato, che dipana l'enigma centrale della sua carriera, ovvero come questo tipico gentiluomo inglese di provincia finì per diventare un pensatore capace di sfidare i principi fondamentali della scienza e della religione. Janet Browne racconta ogni minimo dettaglio della vita di Darwin: dall'infanzia alla formazione, dall'avventurosa storia del viaggio intorno al mondo sul Beagle (1831-1836) alla pubblicazione dell'Origine delle specie (1859), il suo capolavoro, e dell'Origine dell'uomo (1871). Sullo sfondo dell'Inghilterra vittoriana, da questa completa e suggestiva biografia Darwin emerge come un genio tranquillo e riservato, come uno scienziato consumato da un'impellente necessità di comprendere la complessità delle forme viventi attraverso un costante lavoro di osservazione e di sperimentazione.
Torino, UTE, 1878, 8vo rilegato in mezza tela, titolo dorato al dorso, pp. 346. (Freeman, 1269 - Coccia, pag. 220) Prima edizione italiana.
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8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, plates and illustrations in the text, preliminaries and title lightly spotted, some occasional but generally inoffensive browning to text; original series binding of terracotta buckram, upper board blocked in gilt, gilt back, brown top, a bright, crisp copy.
8vo., First Edition, front endpapers lightly spotted, neat contemporary inscription on front free endpaper; sand cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly spotted on (predominantly white) rear panel.
Torino, UTE, (1884) 8vo brossura, copertina in cartoncino posticcio muto, pp. 239 con 13 figure nel testo (Freeman, 1299 - Coccia, pag. 249).
8vo., Second Edition, Ninth Thousand, with a double-page coloured map as frontispiece, a coloured plate, 2 coloured maps (one double-page; one full-page) and 122 engraved illustrations in the text, neat contemporary inscription on half-title; original red cloth, upper board framed, blocked and lettered in blind, gilt back, yellow endpapers, upper hinge starting (but binding entirely sound), case a little shaken else a very good, clean copy. First published in 1877, this is a systematic approach to natural science presented with characteristic clarity by 'Darwin's Bulldog'. Freeman, 1866 (recording the first edition).
pp. xxvii, 637 + Lithograph frontis and other illustrations. Old newspaper stain on one leaf. 8vo. 23 cm. Fine original publisher's full cloth binding. Fifth Edition. Lubbock was the Principal of the London Working Men's College, President of the London Chamber of Commerce, and the Chairman of the London City Council. He wrote extensively on a variety of scientific, historical, and sociological s ubjects. This was an influential contribution to understanding the techniques and scholarly disciplines involved in studying: the primitive condition of ancient man; the origins of civilization; geol o gy and zoology as it relates to archaeology and sociology; Darwinian theories of natural selection among men; the influences of racial and tribal differences; and the utility of modern aboriginal ev id ence. "The man of science ought to go on honestly, patiently, diffidently, observing and storing up his observations, and carrying his reasonings unflinchingly to their legitimate conclusions, convinc ed that it would be treason. to swerve ever so little from the straight rule of truth" -- After Dr. Tait's 'Lecture on Science and Revelation' (1864). **PRICE JUST REDUCED! SCIENCE BOX 1
8vo., First Edition; black cloth, gilt back, green endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. With publisher's original price label on front wrapper.
Torino, UTE, 1878, 8vo rilegato in mezza tela, copertine originali applicate all'esterno ed al dorso, bruniture diffuse, pp. 346. (Freeman, 1269 - Coccia, pag. 220) Prima edizione italiana.
In-8 gr., cartonato moderno, titolo oro su tassello al dorso, conservata brossura originale (mancanze al piatto poster.), pp. 127, con 13 figure nel testo. "Prima edizione italiana". Con due timbri di apparten., altrimenti esemplare ben conservato, intonso.
First edition, large 8vo (240 x 160), xxxvii, [3], 766pp., frontis., numerous portraits, orig. cloth, d.w. a very nice copy.
8vo., First Edition, with 4 coloured plates, numerous monochrome plates and several illustrations and diagrams in the text; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The best of the Big Four WWII histories. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
Paris, Reinwald, 1881, 8vo t.tela edit. con fregi e titoli in oro al dorso, pp. XXVII-721 + 20 (catalogo editoriale). Freeman, 1061.
pp. 396, 8 [Publisher's catalogue]. Very XLib. Some signatures loose. 12mo. Original full cloth binding. Spine worn with loss. Hardbound. Asa Gray (1810-1888) is considered the most important American botanist of the 19th century. Gray and Charles Darwin met at Kew, introduced by Joseph Dalton Hooker. Darwin then wrote to Gray requesting information about the distribution of various species of American flowers, which Gray provided, and which was helpful in providing information for the development of Darwin's theory. This was the beginning of an extensive lifelong correspondence. This original 1878 edition is rather scarce. It is a shame that it is only a fair copy. SCIENCE BX 2