BATESON, William (1861-1926). Mendel's Principles of Heredity. A Defence . Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1902. 8 o (188 x 125 mm). Halftone portrait frontispiece. Original green cloth, gilt-lettered spine (some minor wear). FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST ENGLISH TEXTBOOK ON GENETICS, AND THE FIRST BOOK ON MENDELISM IN ENGLISH. Cushing B162; Garrison-Morton 241; Waller 10733; Norman 135. -- BATESON. Mendel's Principles of Heredity . Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1909. 4 o (160 x 234 mm). Halftone frontispiece and 8 halftone plates, 6 colored, of which 4 double-page, halftone text illustrations. Original green cloth, gilt-lettered spine. Provenance : W.C.H. Fincher (inscription). FIRST EDITION. Norman 136. -- BATESON. Materials for the Study of Variation Treated with Especial Regard to Discontinuity in the Origin of Species . London and New York: Macmillan, 1894. 8 o (223 x 150 mm). Text illustrations (occasional spotting to text). Original green cloth, gilt spine. Provenance : Charles Scott Sherrington (1857-1952), neurophysiologist (inscription). FIRST EDITION. Bateson's major work before his rediscovery of Mendel's laws, emphasizing the part played by major and discontinuous change in evolution, in contrast to Darwin's emphasis on gradual and minor changes. Garrison-Morton 237; Norman 134. (3)
BATESON, William (1861-1926). Mendel's Principles of Heredity. A Defence . Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1902. 8 o (188 x 125 mm). Halftone portrait frontispiece. Original green cloth, gilt-lettered spine (some minor wear). FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST ENGLISH TEXTBOOK ON GENETICS, AND THE FIRST BOOK ON MENDELISM IN ENGLISH. Cushing B162; Garrison-Morton 241; Waller 10733; Norman 135. -- BATESON. Mendel's Principles of Heredity . Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1909. 4 o (160 x 234 mm). Halftone frontispiece and 8 halftone plates, 6 colored, of which 4 double-page, halftone text illustrations. Original green cloth, gilt-lettered spine. Provenance : W.C.H. Fincher (inscription). FIRST EDITION. Norman 136. -- BATESON. Materials for the Study of Variation Treated with Especial Regard to Discontinuity in the Origin of Species . London and New York: Macmillan, 1894. 8 o (223 x 150 mm). Text illustrations (occasional spotting to text). Original green cloth, gilt spine. Provenance : Charles Scott Sherrington (1857-1952), neurophysiologist (inscription). FIRST EDITION. Bateson's major work before his rediscovery of Mendel's laws, emphasizing the part played by major and discontinuous change in evolution, in contrast to Darwin's emphasis on gradual and minor changes. Garrison-Morton 237; Norman 134. (3)
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