‎A new view of Darwinism.‎

‎London and New York, Macmillan and Co., 1871. Royal8vo. In publisher's original red embossed cloth. In ""Nature. A Weekly Illustrated Journal of Science"", Vol. 4, April-October 1871. Stamp to title-page and p. 1 and ex-libris pasted on to pasted down front end-paper. Binding with wear and light soiling, spine partly detached with a 7 cm long tear to rear hindge. Internally fine and clean. Darwin's paper: Pp.180-181. [Entire volume: XII, 520 pp].‎

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‎First appearance of Darwin’s short notice to Henry Hoyle Howorth (1842-1923), geologist and naturalist. F1754‎

‎Flowers of the primrose destroyed by birds.‎

‎London and New York, Macmillan and Co., 1874. Royal8vo. In a bit later full green cloth. In ""Nature. A Weekly Illustrated Journal of Science"", Vol. 10, May 1874 - October 1874. Stamp to title-page and ex-libris pasted on to pasted down front end-paper. Stamps to front free end paper. Traces from book block having been bended. Darwin's paper: Pp. 24-25. [Entire volume: XI, (1), 534 pp].‎

‎First appearance of Darwin's paper on Primrose flowers. Primrose flowers, and the flowers of related members of the Primulaceae are often removed from their stalks and scattered on the ground by green finches apparently consuming the ovaries and nectaries - here first described by Darwin. Freeman 1771‎

‎[Memorial to Gladstone] (+) Bree on Darwinism.‎

‎London and New York, Macmillan and Co., 1872. Royal8vo. In publisher's original red embossed cloth. In ""Nature. A Weekly Illustrated Journal of Science"", Vol. 6, May-October 1872. Stamp to title-page and p. 1 and ex-libris pasted on to pasted down front end-paper. Binding with wear and light soiling, spine loose and missing part of cloth to upper part.. Internally fine and clean. Darwin's paper (co-author): 211-216" P. 279. [Entire volume: XII, 548 pp].‎

‎First publication of these two short notices by Darwin. Freeman 1937 & 1756.‎

‎Pangenesis. - [DARWIN'S FERENSE OF HIS PANGENESIS-THEORY.]‎

‎London and New York, Macmillan and Co., 1871. Royal8vo. In publisher's original red embossed cloth. In ""Nature. A Weekly Illustrated Journal of Science"", Vol. 3, November 1870 - April 1871. Stamp to title-page and ex-libris pasted on to pasted down front end-paper. Binding with considerable wear"" spine partly disintegrated and front board bended vertically, but bookblock firmly attached. Internally fine and clean. Darwin's paper: Pp. 502-503. [Entire volume: XII, 520 pp].‎

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‎First appearance of Darwin’s defense of his Pangenesis-theory. The Pangenesis theory was hypothetical mechanism for heredity, in which he proposed that each part of the body continually emitted its own type of small organic particles called gemmules that aggregated in the gonads, contributing heritable information to the gametes. He presented this 'provisional hypothesis' in his 1868 work The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, intending it to fill what he perceived as a major gap in evolutionary theory at the time. Darwin's half-cousin Francis Galton spent much time conducting wide-ranging inquiries into heredity which led him to refute Charles Darwin's hypothetical theory of pangenesis. In consultation with Darwin, he set out to see if gemmules were transported in the blood. Galton was troubled because he began the work in good faith, intending to prove Darwin right, and having praised pangenesis in Hereditary Genius in 1869. Cautiously, he criticized his cousin's theory, although qualifying his remarks by saying that Darwin's gemmules, which he called ""pangenes"", might be temporary inhabitants of the blood that his experiments had failed to pick up. In the present paper Darwin challenged the validity of Galton's experiment, giving his reasons in an article published in Nature where he wrote. “Now, in the chapter on Pangenesis in my Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication, I have not said one word about the blood, or about any fluid proper to any circulating system. It is, indeed, obvious that the presence of gemmules in the blood can form no necessary part of my hypothesis" for I refer in illustration of it to the lowest animals, such as the Protozoa, which do not possess blood or any vessels" and I refer to plants in which the fluid, when present in the vessels, cannot be considered as true blood."" He goes on to admit: ""Nevertheless, when I first heard of Mr. Galton's experiments, I did not sufficiently reflect on the subject, and saw not the difficulty of believing in the presence of gemmules in the blood.” (From the present paper) The hypothesis was finally refuted in the 1900ies after Gregor Mendel's theory of the particulate nature of inheritance was accepted. The Pangenesis-theory, however, may be considered an eclectic mix of DNA, RNA, proteins and prions, and can be regarded as being one of the earliest steps toward the modern mechanism for heredity, namely DNA and RNA. Freeman 1751‎

‎Habits of ants (+) On the males and complemental males of certain cirripedes, and on rudimentary structures [C. R. Darwin] (+) Variations of organs [G. H. Darwin].‎

‎(London and New York, Macmillan and Co., 1873). Royal8vo. In contemporary cloth. In ""Nature. A Weekly Illustrated Journal of Science"", Vol. 8, July 1873 - October 1873. Extremities with wear and end papers brownspottet. Internally fine and clean. C. R. Darwin's papers: P. 244" Pp. 431-432. G. H. Darwin's paper: p. 505 . [Entire volume: Pp. 237-562].‎

‎First appearance of these three papes, two by Charles Darwin and one by his son. Freeman 1761, 1762 & 1763‎

‎Charles Darwin's Beagle Diary.‎

‎1988 xxix, 464 p., num. figs & pls, hardbound (dust jacket). Good dust jacket but has the spine portion discoloured.‎

‎Papers presented at a symposium organized jointly by the Linnean Society and the Systematics Association on ''Darwin - a hundred years on''.‎

‎1983 135 p., num. figs, paperbound. Published in: Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. Volume 20, no. 1.‎

‎The Botanic Garden. A Poem in two parts. Part I. Containing The Economy of Vegetation. Part II. The Loves of the Plants. With Philosophical Notes / The Temple of Nature, or the Origin of Society: a Poem, with Philosophical Notes.‎

‎1824-1825 3 volumes in 1. 203, 100 p., 10 pls (of 18?), frontispiece, contemporary hcalf (rubbed, label missing). Some scattered foxing. With ex libris of George Henry Parke. An original copy, not a low quality recent reprint!‎

‎Les mathématiques de l'amour‎

‎Michel Lafon. 2007. In-8. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 460 pages.. . . . Classification Dewey : 820-Littératures anglaise et anglo-saxonne‎

‎Traduit de l'anglais par Gouyé-Guilbert Nathalie. Classification Dewey : 820-Littératures anglaise et anglo-saxonne‎

‎THE MATHEMATICS OF LOVE‎

‎Quality Paperbacks Direct. 2006. In-8. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. convenable, Dos plié, Mouillures. 404 pages.. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon‎

‎Novel. Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon‎

‎Les Mathématiques de l'amour‎

‎Michel Lafon 2007 460 pages 18 8x15x4 2cm. 2007. Broché. 460 pages.‎

‎Très Bon Etat‎

‎La Vie et la Correspondance de Charles Darwin. Avec un Chapitre Autobiographique. Tome 1.‎

‎Paris. Alfred Costes. 1922. Fort in-8. Broché. 701 p. non coupées. Bon état. ‎

‎La vie et la correspondance de Charles Darwin avec un chapitre autobiographique publiés par son fils M. Francis Darwin‎

‎Paris, C. Reinwald, 1888, in-8, 2 vol, front, IX-701-[2] pp, 1 pl. + front, [4]-794 pp, 1 pl, 20 pp. de cat. éd, Toile verte moderne, Première édition française, rare. Au total, elle comprend 3 portraits de Charles Darwin, dont 2 en frontispice, le fac-similé d'une page de notes manuscrites et 1 figure dans le texte représentant le navire "le Beagle" échoué dans la rivière Santa-Cruz. Vie et correspondance de Charles Darwin (1809-1882) par son fils Francis (1845-1925). Francis Darwin, botaniste spécialisé en physiologie végétale, collabora avec son père à partir de 1875, notamment pour la rédaction de The Power of Movement in Plants (1880). Il enseigna à Cambridge à partir de 1884 et y occupa la chaire de botanique de 1888 à 1904. In fine: catalogue de la librairie Reinwald pour mars 1888. Ex-libris manuscrit sur le faux-titre du t. I. Auréole en pied des feuillets du tome II. Couverture rigide‎

‎Bon 2 vol., front., IX-701-[2]‎

‎The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin, including an autobiographical chapter‎

‎John Murray, 1887, in-8, 3 vol, 3 portraits-front, IX-[1]-395-[1] pp, 1 pl. + [4]-393-[1] pp, 1 pl. + IV-418 pp, Demi-veau rouge à coins, dos lisses et filetés, tranches rouges, Papillon d'erratum au T. I (devant la p. 1). Vie et correspondance de Charles Darwin (1809-1882) par son fils Francis (1845-1925). Seconde édition, parue la même année que l'originale. Francis Darwin, botaniste spécialisé en physiologie végétale, collabora avec son père à partir de 1875, notamment pour la rédaction de The Power of Movement in Plants (1880). Il enseigna à Cambridge à partir de 1884 et y occupa la chaire de botanique de 1888 à 1904. Petites rousseurs, pages légèrement jaunies. Petits accrocs aux dos. Bon exemplaire. Couverture rigide‎

‎Bon 3 vol., 3 portraits-front.,‎

‎Leben und Briefe von Charles Darwin mit einem seine Autobiographie enthaltenden Capitel. In drei Bänden, zus. in 1 Band gebunden.‎

‎Stuttgart, E. Schweizerbart, 1887, gr. in-8vo, VI + 370 S. ; Frontispiz (Portr.- Darwins) + 3 Bl. + 383 S.; Front (Idem) + IV + 402 S. + 1 Bl., ill. auf Tafeln und Text Abb., Original-H.-Lederband. Schönes Exemplar.‎

‎Observations on Stomata. Received May 31, - Read June 16, 1898.‎

‎(London, Harrison and Sons, 1898). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from ""Philosophical Transactions"" Year 1897, Volume 190 - Series B. - Pp. 531-621.‎

‎First printing of a classic paper on plant physilogy and plants growth, reporting his discovery of the stomatal responses to light. The fundamental concept that the growth of plants, and the interrelation between their parts, is controlled by hormones, stems from the classic work of Charls Darwin and his son Francis Darwin.‎

‎Bakerian Lecture. - On Tidal Prediction. Received December 16, 1890 - Read January 29, 1891.‎

‎(London, Harrison and Sons, 1892). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from ""Philosophical Transactions"", 1891, Vol. 182 - Series A. Pp. 159-229. Clean and fine.‎

‎First appearance of a classic paper on the mathematics of tidal phenomena.‎

‎On Figures of Equilibrium of Rotating Masses of Fluid. Received April 28, - Read June 16, 1887.‎

‎(London, Harrison and Sons, 1888). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from ""Philosophical Transactions"" 1887 - Vol. 178 - Series A. Pp. 378-428 and 2 plates.‎

‎First printing of one of Darwin's major papers on the Nebular Hypoyhesis and the evolution of celestial systems.Following his accession to the Plumian chair Darwin delved even more deeply into the problems of the origin and evolution of the solar system, making numerous investigations of the figures of equilibrium of rotating masses of fluid and, later, making extensive studies of periodic orbits in the restricted problem of three bodies, carried out with special reference to cases obtaining for the particular values of the mass ratio of the two finite bodies of 1:10 and 1:1048 (the latter approximating the mass ratio of Jupiter to that of the sun). (DSB).""Darwin's most significant contribution to the history of science lies in his pioneering work in the application of detailled dynamical analysis to cosmological and geological problems. That many of his conclusions are now out of date should in no way diminish the historical interest in his experiments, nor the importent service thet he rendered cosmogony by the example he gave of putting various hypotheses to the test of actual calculations. Darwin's method remains a milestone in the development of cosmogony, and subsequent investigators have favored it over the merely qualitative arguments prevalent until that time.""(DSB).‎

‎On the Influence of Geological Changes on the Earth's Axis of Rotation. Received October 13, - Read November 23, 1876.‎

‎(London, Taylor and Francis, 1878). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from ""Philosophical Transactions"" 1877, Vol. 167 - Part I. Pp. 271-312. 3 leaves with minor brownspots to upper margin, otherwise fine and clean.‎

‎First appearance of an importent paper by the ""Father of Geophysics"". ""Darwin's paper ""On the Influence..."" (the paper offered), ...marked the beginning of his investigations of essentially geophysical problems.This work was directly inspired by Lord kelvin, whose great interest in the young Darwin may be said to have been the chief influence in his decision to make science his career""Darwin's most significant contribution to the history of science lies in his pioneering work in the application of detailled dynamical analysis to cosmological and geological problems. That many of his conclusions are now out of date should in no way diminish the historical interest in his experiments, nor the importent service thet he rendered cosmogony by the example he gave of putting various hypotheses to the test of actual calculations. Darwin's method remains a milestone in the development of cosmogony, and subsequent investigators have favored it over the merely qualitative arguments prevalent until that time.""(DSB).‎

‎On the Mechanical Conditions of a Swarm of Meteorites, and on Theories of Cosmogony. Received July 12, - Read November 15, 1888.‎

‎(London, Harrison and Sons, 1890). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from ""Philosophical Transactions"", Vol. 180 - A. Pp. 1-69. 2 textillustr. Clean and fine.‎

‎First printing.""Darwin's most significant contribution to the history of science lies in his pioneering work in the application of detailled dynamical analysis to cosmological and geological problems. That many of his conclusions are now out of date should in no way diminish the historical interest in his experiments, nor the importent service thet he rendered cosmogony by the example he gave of putting various hypotheses to the test of actual calculations. Darwin's method remains a milestone in the development of cosmogony, and subsequent investigators have favored it over the merely qualitative arguments prevalent until that time.""(DSB).‎

‎On the Tidal Friction of a Planet attended by several Satellites, and on the Evolution of the Solar System. Received December 27, 1880, Read January 20, 1881.‎

‎(London, Harrison and Sons, 1881). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from ""Philosophical Transactions"" 1881, Vol. 172 - Part II. Pp. 491-535 a. 3 plates.‎

‎First appearance of a classic paper on ""cosmological"" tidal friction and effects.""Following his accession to the Plumian chair Darwin delved even more deeply into the problems of the origin and evolution of the solar system, making numerous investigations of the figures of equilibrium of rotating masses of fluid and, later, making extensive studies of periodic orbits in the restricted problem of three bodies, carried out with special reference to cases obtaining for the particular values of mass ratio of the twofinite bodies of 1:10 and 1:1048 (the later approximating the mass ration of Jupiter to that of the sun).""(DSB III, p. 583).""Darwin's most significant contribution to the history of science lies in his pioneering work in the application of detailled dynamical analysis to cosmological and geological problems. That many of his conclusions are now out of date should in no way diminish the historical interest in his experiments, nor the importent service thet he rendered cosmogony by the example he gave of putting various hypotheses to the test of actual calculations. Darwin's method remains a milestone in the development of cosmogony, and subsequent investigators have favored it over the merely qualitative arguments prevalent until that time.""(DSB III, p. 583).‎

‎Periodic Orbits [Acta Mathematica] (+) Periodic orbits [Mathematische Annalen]. - [PERIODIC ORBITS]‎

‎Stockholm, Beijer, 1897 (+) Leipzig, B. G. Teubner, 1899. [Acta Mathematica] 4to. As extracted from ""Acta Mathematica, 21. Band]. No backstrip. Fine and clean. Pp. 99-242 + 4 plates. [Mathematische Annalen] 8vo. Original printed wrappers, no backstrip. In ""Mathematische Annalen. Herausgegeben von A. Clebsch und C. Neumann. 51. Band. 4. Heft."" Entire issue offered. A fine and clean copy. [Darwin:] Pp. 523-583. [Entire issue: Pp. 481-607 + 4 plates.].‎

‎First printing of Darwin's famous paper (including the abridgement published two years later) which contained the first systematic search for periodic orbits and work on the three body problem. ""The paper, which had taken him three years to complete, contained the numerical calculations of periodic solutions of the restricted three body problem, together with a discussion of their stability. It provided not only extensive details of the numerical results but also a full description of the mathematical methods used to obtain them."" (Barrow-Green, Poincaré and the three body problem, P. 194). Darwin was introduced to the three body problem through the works of Poincare. Following his accession to the Plumian chair Darwin delved even more deeply into the problems of the origin and evolution of the solar system, making numerous investigations of the figures of equilibrium of rotating masses of fluid and, later, making extensive studies of periodic orbits in the restricted problem of three bodies, carried out with special reference to cases obtaining for the particular values of the mass ratio of the two finite bodies of 1:10 and 1:1048 (the latter approximating the mass ratio of Jupiter to that of the sun). (DSB)‎

‎On the Procession of a Viscous Spheroid, and on the remote History of the Earth. Received July 22, - Read December 19, 1878.‎

‎(London, Harrison and Sons, 1880). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from ""Philosophical Transactions"", 1879, Vol. 170 - Part II. Pp. 447-538 and. 1 plate. Clean and fine.‎

‎First appearance of an importent paper, announcing Darwin's so-called ""Resonance Theory"" of the origin of the moon, according to which the moon might have originated from the fission of a parent earth as the result of an instability produced by resonant solar tides.""Darwin's most significant contribution to the history of science lies in his pioneering work in the application of detailled dynamical analysis to cosmological and geological problems. That many of his conclusions are now out of date should in no way diminish the historical interest in his experiments, nor the importent service thet he rendered cosmogony by the example he gave of putting various hypotheses to the test of actual calculations. Darwin's method remains a milestone in the development of cosmogony, and subsequent investigators have favored it over the merely qualitative arguments prevalent until that time.""(DSB).‎

‎On the Secular Changes in the Elements of the Orbit of a Satellite revolving about a Tidally distorted Planet. Received December 8, - Read December 18, 1879.‎

‎(London, Harrison and Sons, 1880). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from ""Philosophical Transactions"", Vol. 171 - Part II. Pp. 713-891. A few textilustr. Clean and fine.‎

‎First printing of a main work by the ""Father of Geophysics"", in which he set up the hypothesis, that the results from his earlier investigations on the relations between the tidal frictions on the earth and the motion of the moon away from the earth, could be used to explain the formation of satellites of the other planets and their movements in relation to the sun.. (In DSB it is called ""a monumental paper"").""Darwin's most significant contribution to the history of science lies in his pioneering work in the application of detailled dynamical analysis to cosmological and geological problems. That many of his conclusions are now out of date should in no way diminish the historical interest in his experiments, nor the importent service thet he rendered cosmogony by the example he gave of putting various hypotheses to the test of actual calculations. Darwin's method remains a milestone in the development of cosmogony, and subsequent investigators have favored it over the merely qualitative arguments prevalent until that time.""(DSB).‎

‎Problems connected with the Tides of a Viscous Spheroid. Received November 14, - Read December 19, 1878.‎

‎(London, Harrison and Sons, 1880). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from ""Philosophical Transactions"" 1879, Vol. 171 - Part II. Pp. 539-593.‎

‎First printing of a main paper by the ""Father of Geophysics"" in which he shows that the effect of the tides was to force a retreat of the moon from the earth - thus going backward in time in the history of the earth, he concludes that the earth had been in contact with the moon, and this represents the time at which the whirling earth threw off a portion of its outer crust by centrifugal action, loosing angular motion in that way.""Darwin's most significant contribution to the history of science lies in his pioneering work in the application of detailled dynamical analysis to cosmological and geological problems. That many of his conclusions are now out of date should in no way diminish the historical interest in his experiments, nor the importent service thet he rendered cosmogony by the example he gave of putting various hypotheses to the test of actual calculations. Darwin's method remains a milestone in the development of cosmogony, and subsequent investigators have favored it over the merely qualitative arguments prevalent until that time.""(DSB).‎