![199 Evolution.- Lamarck (Jean-Baptiste de Monet de) Recherches sur l'organisation des corps vivans, first edition, Paris, chez l'Auteur, [1802].](https://am-s3-bucket-assets.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/forum/prod/lot_images/xlarge/d793e1b9-4aea-f011-8542-000d3ad4a2b8/d1a6e616-4007-f111-8405-000d3a7f15c8.webp "199 Evolution.- Lamarck (Jean-Baptiste de Monet de) Recherches sur l'organisation des corps vivans, first edition, Paris, chez l'Auteur, [1802].")
Lot 199
Evolution.- Lamarck (Jean-Baptiste de Monet de) Recherches sur l'organisation des corps vivans, first edition, Paris, chez l'Auteur, [1802].
Hammer Price: £1,600
Description
Evolution.- Lamarck (Jean-Baptiste de Monet de) Recherches sur l'organisation des corps vivans, first edition, folding letterpress table, contemporary calf, gilt, black morocco label to spine, upper joint starting, 8vo, Paris, chez l'Auteur, [1802].
⁂ Rare at auction; we can only trace 2 examples in the past 20 years.
First edition of Lamarck's theory of evolution, appearing 2 years after its initial presentation in his work 'Systême des animaux sans vertèbres'.
Description
Evolution.- Lamarck (Jean-Baptiste de Monet de) Recherches sur l'organisation des corps vivans, first edition, folding letterpress table, contemporary calf, gilt, black morocco label to spine, upper joint starting, 8vo, Paris, chez l'Auteur, [1802].
⁂ Rare at auction; we can only trace 2 examples in the past 20 years.
First edition of Lamarck's theory of evolution, appearing 2 years after its initial presentation in his work 'Systême des animaux sans vertèbres'.
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