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Auction archive: Lot number 141

Anthropology. BLUMENBACH. De Generis Humani Varietate Nativa

Estimate
€800 - €1,000
ca. US$957 - US$1,197
Price realised:
n. a.
Auction archive: Lot number 141

Anthropology. BLUMENBACH. De Generis Humani Varietate Nativa

Estimate
€800 - €1,000
ca. US$957 - US$1,197
Price realised:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

Johann Friedrich BLUMENBACH Anthropology. BLUMENBACH. De Generis Humani Varietate Nativa. BLUMENBACH, Johann Friedrich. De Generis Humani Varietate Nativa. Praemissa est Epistola ad Virum Perillustrem Iosephum Banks Baronetum... Gôttingen, Vandenhoek et Ruprecht, 1795. In-8° piccolo di mm. 160 x 100, pp. XLIV, 2, 326, 10, con 2 tavv. in rame ripiegate f.t. al termine. Leg. piena pelle coeva, titoli e fregi in oro al dorso. Ex libris F. De la Mennais. Qualche pagina arrossata, ma buon esemplare. Testo fondamentale nella storia dell’antropologia, appartenuto al celebre scrittore François de La Mennais: bella edizione, con nuove aggiunte, di questo interessante esemplare. Johann Friedrich Blumenbach ,1752-1840, pubblicò inizialmente questo testo in gioventù come lavoro di dottorato, nel 1775; in quest’edizione si aggiungono la lettera a Joseph Banks e l’Index Suppelectilis Anthropologicae Aucthoris ,ovvero la collezione di reperti riuniti dallo stesso Blumenbach. "His work is... now considered as the foundation of the science of physical anthropology - the study of the origin and evolution of the races of men... - B. was able to develop the thesis that all the living races are varietis of a single species, homo sapiens... B. was opposed to the practice of slavery and the then current belief in the inherent savagery of the colored races... Blumenbach had a great influence on the scientific explorers and travellers of the time; among his pupils were Alexander von Humboldt and others." (P.M.M., n. 219). "His classification, with little modification, has survived to the present time" (Garrison-Morton, n. 156).

Auction archive: Lot number 141
Auction:
Datum:
1 Dec 2020
Auction house:
BADO E MART AUCTIONS
Via Dei Soncin, 25
35122 PADOVA
Italy
info@badoemart.it
+39 049 875 5317
+39 049 875 5317
Beschreibung:

Johann Friedrich BLUMENBACH Anthropology. BLUMENBACH. De Generis Humani Varietate Nativa. BLUMENBACH, Johann Friedrich. De Generis Humani Varietate Nativa. Praemissa est Epistola ad Virum Perillustrem Iosephum Banks Baronetum... Gôttingen, Vandenhoek et Ruprecht, 1795. In-8° piccolo di mm. 160 x 100, pp. XLIV, 2, 326, 10, con 2 tavv. in rame ripiegate f.t. al termine. Leg. piena pelle coeva, titoli e fregi in oro al dorso. Ex libris F. De la Mennais. Qualche pagina arrossata, ma buon esemplare. Testo fondamentale nella storia dell’antropologia, appartenuto al celebre scrittore François de La Mennais: bella edizione, con nuove aggiunte, di questo interessante esemplare. Johann Friedrich Blumenbach ,1752-1840, pubblicò inizialmente questo testo in gioventù come lavoro di dottorato, nel 1775; in quest’edizione si aggiungono la lettera a Joseph Banks e l’Index Suppelectilis Anthropologicae Aucthoris ,ovvero la collezione di reperti riuniti dallo stesso Blumenbach. "His work is... now considered as the foundation of the science of physical anthropology - the study of the origin and evolution of the races of men... - B. was able to develop the thesis that all the living races are varietis of a single species, homo sapiens... B. was opposed to the practice of slavery and the then current belief in the inherent savagery of the colored races... Blumenbach had a great influence on the scientific explorers and travellers of the time; among his pupils were Alexander von Humboldt and others." (P.M.M., n. 219). "His classification, with little modification, has survived to the present time" (Garrison-Morton, n. 156).

Auction archive: Lot number 141
Auction:
Datum:
1 Dec 2020
Auction house:
BADO E MART AUCTIONS
Via Dei Soncin, 25
35122 PADOVA
Italy
info@badoemart.it
+39 049 875 5317
+39 049 875 5317
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