Essays Upon Heredity and Kindred Biological Problems: Translations of Foreign Biological Memoirs IV

Contains eight essays 1) The Duration of Life, 1881 2) On Heridity, 1883 3) Life and Death, 1883 4) The Continuity of the Germ-Plasm as the Foundation of a Theory of Heredity, 1885 5) The Significance of Sexual Reproduction in the Theory of Natural Selection, 1886 6) On the Number of Polar Bodies and their Significance in Heredity, 1887 7) On the Supposed Botanical Proofs of the Transmission of Acquired Characters, 1888 8) The Supposed Transmission of Mutilations, 1888. Brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Boards are generally in good order, just a little grubby. Slight bumping to corners. Spine is intact and bright with just a little bumping to ends. Somewhat cocked. New endpages. Textblock is in good condition, clean and tight. Frequent annotations to the textblock. Additional photos are available upon request. When securely packed this item will weigh in the region of 970g. (YBP Ref: 028657:1-Q11)

• Author: WEISMANN, August
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• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Condition: Good
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• Size: 8vo - over 73/4in - 93/4in Tall
• Binding: Hardcover
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• Published Date: 1889
• Edition: First English Edition
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• Language: English