Darwin, and After Darwin:An Exposition of the Darwinian Theory and a Discussion of Post-Darwinian Questions

Description:

Complete set: Vol. I - second edition, Vol. II-III - first editions. I: The Darwinian Theory; II: Post-Darwinian Questions Heredity and Utility; III - Post-Darwinian Questions - Isolation and Physiological Selection. Portraits frontispieces are of Darwin, George John Romanes and John J. Gulick.

George John Romanes (1848-1894) was a Canadian-British evolutionary biologist and physiologist, the youngest of Charles Darwin's academic friends. His views on evolution are historically important. He is considered to have invented the term neo-Darwinism, which in the late 19th century was considered as a theory of evolution that focuses on natural selection as the main evolutionary force. Romanes' early death was a loss to the cause of evolutionary biology in Britain.

Condition

3 vols, cr. 8vo, orig. publisher's green cloth, gt. One leaf in Vol. II creased; closed marginal tear to half-title of Vol. III. A fine clean set.