Lot 306
Maupertuis (Pierre-Louis Moreau de) Dissertation Physique a l'Occasion du Negre Blanc, first edition, Leiden, n.p., 1744.
Hammer Price: £240
Description
Maupertuis (Pierre-Louis Moreau de) Dissertation Physique a l'Occasion du Negre Blanc, first edition, half-title, occasional foxing, modern bookplate of A.L.McLaughlin to rear pastedown, contemporary mottled calf, gilt, a little rubbed, rebacked preserving old gilt spine, corners repaired, 8vo, Leiden, n.p., 1744.
⁂ Early work on human genetics and heredity prompted by the sight of an albino negro in Paris, and anticipating many of the later ideas of Darwin and Mendel.
Description
Maupertuis (Pierre-Louis Moreau de) Dissertation Physique a l'Occasion du Negre Blanc, first edition, half-title, occasional foxing, modern bookplate of A.L.McLaughlin to rear pastedown, contemporary mottled calf, gilt, a little rubbed, rebacked preserving old gilt spine, corners repaired, 8vo, Leiden, n.p., 1744.
⁂ Early work on human genetics and heredity prompted by the sight of an albino negro in Paris, and anticipating many of the later ideas of Darwin and Mendel.
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