![227Mendel (Gregor) Experiments in Plant Hybridisation. With an Introductory Note by W. Bateson, offprint from Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society, Vol. XXVI. 1901. Part I., illustration, some scattered spotting, pencil inscription to endpaper crushed brown half morocco by Bumpus, light sunning, [cf. Garrison-Morton 222; Norman 1490], 8vo, [1901].
*** The first edition in English of Mendel's landmark Versuche uber Pflanzen- Hybriden. Exceptionally rare, we can trace only the Norman copy at auction (his sale, lot 1198, sold for $5,175). William Bateson (1861-1926) became the principal populariser of Mendel's ideas after reading the present work in the original German in May 1900. He would go on to coin the word](https://am-s3-bucket-assets.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/forum/prod/lot_images/xlarge/c48153d8-0b8a-ef11-ac21-6045bdfc9a9a/4d200471-1cbe-ef11-b8ec-0022483fc7e7.webp "227Mendel (Gregor) Experiments in Plant Hybridisation. With an Introductory Note by W. Bateson, offprint from Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society, Vol. XXVI. 1901. Part I., illustration, some scattered spotting, pencil inscription to endpaper crushed brown half morocco by Bumpus, light sunning, [cf. Garrison-Morton 222; Norman 1490], 8vo, [1901].
*** The first edition in English of Mendel's landmark Versuche uber Pflanzen- Hybriden. Exceptionally rare, we can trace only the Norman copy at auction (his sale, lot 1198, sold for $5,175). William Bateson (1861-1926) became the principal populariser of Mendel's ideas after reading the present work in the original German in May 1900. He would go on to coin the word")
Lot 227
Mendel (Gregor) Experiments in Plant Hybridisation, offprint, first edition in English, 1901
Estimate: £600 - 800
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Mendel (Gregor) Experiments in Plant Hybridisation. With an Introductory Note by W. Bateson, offprint from Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society, Vol. XXVI. 1901. Part I., illustration, some scattered spotting, pencil inscription to endpaper crushed brown half morocco by Bumpus, light sunning, [cf. Garrison-Morton 222; Norman 1490], 8vo, [1901].
⁂ The first edition in English of Mendel's landmark Versuche uber Pflanzen- Hybriden. Exceptionally rare, we can trace only the Norman copy at auction (his sale, lot 1198, sold for $5,175). William Bateson (1861-1926) became the principal populariser of Mendel's ideas after reading the present work in the original German in May 1900. He would go on to coin the word "genetics" and headed an informal "school" at Cambridge devoted to studying Mendel's theories.
Description
Mendel (Gregor) Experiments in Plant Hybridisation. With an Introductory Note by W. Bateson, offprint from Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society, Vol. XXVI. 1901. Part I., illustration, some scattered spotting, pencil inscription to endpaper crushed brown half morocco by Bumpus, light sunning, [cf. Garrison-Morton 222; Norman 1490], 8vo, [1901].
⁂ The first edition in English of Mendel's landmark Versuche uber Pflanzen- Hybriden. Exceptionally rare, we can trace only the Norman copy at auction (his sale, lot 1198, sold for $5,175). William Bateson (1861-1926) became the principal populariser of Mendel's ideas after reading the present work in the original German in May 1900. He would go on to coin the word "genetics" and headed an informal "school" at Cambridge devoted to studying Mendel's theories.
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