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An Account of the Regular Gradation in Man : and in Different Animals and Vegetables, and From the Former to the Latter. Illustrated with Engravings Adapted To The Subject
by White, Charles [1728-1813]
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Whitby, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London: Printed for C. Dilly, in the Poultry, 1799. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 4to. First edition. Contemporary half calf, green marbled paper boards. Red morocco spine label, gilt lettering. Marbled edges. xii, 138, cxl-clxvi, 139-146 pp. Four engraved plates, three of which are fold-outs. Rubbing to extremities. Light foxing to interior commensurate with age, a few small rust stains. Ink smear to p. 69, text remains legible. Some light offsetting to plates. Damp stain to tail edge in gutter. A well-preserved copy. Bookplate of Burghwallis Hall to front pastedown. Burghwallis Hall, aka St. Anne's Convent, is located in rural south Yorkshire, and is reputedly haunted. Charles White was a physician in Manchester, England, and was responsible for founding the Manchester Royal Infirmary. He published the earliest proper "scientific" studies of human races, favouring the theory of polygeny (that the different human races are of different origins). The polygenic model has since been replaced by the favoured monogenic "Out of Africa" model. This book, published when he was 71, is not, as the title might suggest, a direct precursor to the modern theory of evolution, but rather a demonstration of "progress in creation" of fixed species. Darwin was apparently unfamiliar with the work. [Encylopedia Britannica; British Medical Journal, Behr 1978].
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- Bookseller
- Minotavros Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005360
- Title
- An Account of the Regular Gradation in Man : and in Different Animals and Vegetables, and From the Former to the Latter. Illustrated with Engravings Adapted To The Subject
- Author
- White, Charles [1728-1813]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Printed for C. Dilly, in the Poultry
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1799
- Keywords
- Charles White, Evolution, Polygeny, Monogeny, Natural Selection, Anthropology, Physical Anthropology, Medicine, John Hunter, Charles Darwin, Natural History
- Bookseller catalogs
- History; Science; Natural History;
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- Gutter
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- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Fine
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Spine Label
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