‎La Descendance de l'homme et La Sélection sexuelle.‎

‎ Paris, C. Reinwald, 1881. Un fort vol. in-8 (223 x 134 mm) de xxvii - 721 pp. + 20 pp. de catalogue éditeur in fine. Reliure d'édition de plein cartonnage émeraude, filets gras et maigres à froid encadrant les plats, dos lisse, titre doré, doubles filets gras et maigres dorés et palette dorée en tête et queue.‎

‎ Exemplaire agrémenté de figures dans le texte. ''Darwin découvrit que la sélection naturelle n'expliquait pas tout : à côté de la lutte pour la survie, les espèces déployaient des caractères secondaires dans la compétition pour la reproduction. La sélection sexuelle a l'avantage d'expliquer pourquoi certains attributs ou comportements représentent des handicaps au regard de la survie ; elle éclaire aussi l'origine du dimorphisme sexuel.'' (Stéphane Barbier). Garrison & Morton, A medical bibliography, 170 (pour l'originale anglaise de 1871). Coiffes embouties. Légères marques d'usage affectant par ailleurs la reliure. Claires rousseurs dans le corps d'ouvrage ; dont quelques feuillets sont davantage pourvus. Du reste, bonne condition. ‎

‎Postanak vrsta pomocu prirodnog odabiranja ili Odrzavanje povladivanih rasa u borbi za zivot. (Bosnian, i.e. ""Origin of Species""). - [FIRST BOSNIAN TRANSLATION OF DARWIN'S 'ORIGIN OF SPECIES']‎

‎Beograd, Prosveta, 1948. 8vo. In publisher's original half cloth binding with printed board. With previous owner's name to front free end-paper. A fine and clean copy. XI, (1), (1)-459 pp. + the folded plate with the genealogical tree and a loosely inserted errata leaf.‎

‎The rare first Bosnian translation of Darwin's 'Origin of Species'. Freeman F2397 (Darwin-Online).Not listed in Glick's The Reception of Charles Darwin in Europe, Vol. 1.OCLC only list 2 copies, both in Slovenia.‎

‎Die nächste Million Jahre. Ein Ausblick auf die künftige Entwicklung der Menschheit. Aus dem Englischen übertragen von Wilhelm H. Westphal.‎

‎ Braunschweig, Friedr. Vieweg & Sohn 1953, 210x150mm, 163Seiten, Verlegereinband mit Umschlag. In gutem Zustand. ‎

‎The Illustrated Origin of Species - Abridged and Introduced by Richard E. Leakey‎

‎Faber and Faber Malicorne sur Sarthe, 72, Pays de la Loire, France 1979 Book condition, Etat : Très Bon hardcover, under dust-jacket In-4 1 vol. - 240 pages‎

‎many illustrations, black and white and colours 1st edition "Contents, Chapitres : Introduction by Richard E. Leakey (35 pages) - Introduction to the original work - Variation under Domestication - Variation under Nature - Struggle for Existence - Natural Selection ; or the Survival of the Fittest - Laws of Variation - Difficulties of the Theory - Miscellaneous objections to the Theory of Natural Selection - Instinct - Hybridism - On the Imperfection of the Geological Record - On the Geological Succession of Organic Beings - Geographical Distribution - Mutual Affinities of Organic Beings : Morphology - Embryology - Rudimentary Organs - Conclusion - Glossary - Further reading - Index" infime accroc, sans manque sur le haut de la jaquette, sinon tres bon etat‎

‎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.‎

‎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

‎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.‎

‎Les pages immortelles de Darwin choisies et expliquées par Julian Huxley.‎

‎ P., Corréa, 1941, in 12 broché, 232 pages ; portrait en frontispice. ‎

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‎Le Darwinisme et l'Origine de L'Homme. Deuxime dition, considrablement augmente.‎

‎Bruxelles & Paris, Vromant & Palm, 1873. xiii, [i, blank], 411, [i, blank] pp. Small 8vo (12 x17.5 cm.). Early 20th century half red cloth, spine gilt letterd (wrong author), and decorated with 7 gilt rulers.‎

‎ A nice clean copy of this interesting piece of anti-darwiniana.--(Small clean tear in the uppur portion of the title-page).‎

‎Autobiografia Karola Darwina, Zycie i Wybór Listów. [i.e. 'Charles Darwin's Autobiography']. Translated by Józes Nusbaum. - [FIRST POLISH TRANSLATION OF DARWIN'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY]‎

‎Warszawa, Wydawnictwo Przegladu Tygodniowego, 1891. 4to. In contemporary half calf with gilt lettering to spine and four raised bands. Spine with wear and top right corner (3 x 5 cm) of title-page lacking, not affecting text. Internally fine and clean. (4), 446, (2) pp.‎

‎Rare first edition of the first Polish translation of Darwin's autobiography.Freeman 1529‎

‎Dobór plciowy. Przetlomaczyl z angielskiego za upowaznieniem autura Ludwik Maslowski. [i.e. Polish: ""Descent of Man"", Translated by Ludwik Maslowski]. 2 vols. - [POLISH TRANSLATION OF DARWIN'S 'THE DESCENT OF MAN']‎

‎Lwów, Ksiegarnia Polska, 1875-1876. 8vo. In contemporary half cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Previous owner's stamp and another owner's sginature to title-page. Light wear to extremities, otherwise a fine and clean set. 262, (2)"" 313, (3) pp.‎

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‎Rare first Polish edition of the second and third parts of the Descent of Man, but published separate from the first part, as one work, hence the title 'Sexual Selection', a translation authorised by Darwin in response to Malowski's request to make the translation (Letter 8910, 14 May 1873). Whereas ""Origin of Species"" established Darwinism as a turning point in nineteenth-century biology ""The Descent of Man"" helped built a bridge between biology, the social sciences, and the humanities and made Darwinism a broad system of research designs, theoretical principles, and philosophical outlook.The numeration of parts is from Chapter I to Chapter VI (vol. I) and from Chapter VII to Chapter XIV (vol. II). It is generally based on the first English edition (1871) but at the end of vol. II the Polish publisher has added the short note on the brains of man and apes of T. H. Huxley, which was originally published in the second English edition (1874). ""It was translated into Danish, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Polish, Russian and Swedish in Darwin's lifetime and into ten further languages since."" Freeman.Maslowski (1847-1928) studied medicine and natural sciences in Paris before returning to Poland, where he took part in the January Uprising: he remained active in politics, primarily as a journalist. At first an ardent Darwinian, he later became a fierce opponent.Not in FreemanDarwin Online: F1101b.1, F1101b.2.OCLC locates four copies worldwide (Cornell Univ., Huntington Libr., Yale Univ. Libr., National Library of Poland,)‎

‎O Powstawaniu Gatunków. [i. e. Polish: ""Origin of Species""]. [Translated by Szymon Dickstein]. - [FIRST FULL POLISH TRANSLATION OF DARWIN'S ""ORIGIN OF SPECIES""]‎

‎Warszawa, Przegladu Tygodniowego, 1884. Large8vo. In contemporary half calf. Spine with wear, lacking the upper 1 cm. Small stamp to title-page. Hindges weak and back board detached from bookblock. Verso of title-page and first leaf on content. 437, (1), XVI [Including the plate] pp.‎

‎First edition of the first full Polish translation of Darwin's ""Origin of Species"". An attempt to publish a Polish translation was made as early as 1873. This was, however, never completed and only half of the work was published (Freeman 739), thus making the present copy the very first full Polish translation. As seen in several other countries (especially in Japan) the majority of Polish intellectuals adopted a Social Darwinism perspective at a very early stage, rather than appreciating the English naturalist's caution in applying his ideas to human society.""Before the first translations of Darwin's appeared [...], many Polish intellectuals, such as positivist writer Eliza Orzeszkowa (1841-1910) complained about the increasing confusion over the essence of the English naturalist's ideas, which had all too often been mixed up with all sorts of ideological debates. However, when Darwin's books were actually available in Polish translations, the novelty of his concepts gradually wore off, making room for more serious attempts to come to terms with evolutionary theory."" (Glick, The Reception of Charles Darwin in Europe). ""It appears that the struggle for or against Darwinism in partitioned Poland prefigured a pattern that is relevant for Polish thinking up to the present day: the conflict of striving for progress with the help of powerful allies abroad and of virulently rejecting all foreign advice for fear of losing one's cultural identity."" (Ibid.).Translation was begun by Szymon Dickstein who in the processe of the translation committed suicide. It was completed by Józef Nusbaum who also translated 'The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication' in 1888.Freeman 740‎

‎Zmiennosc zwierzat i roslin w stanie kultury [i.e. ""The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication"", translated by Jozef Nusbaum]. 2 vols. - [RARE FIRST POLISH TRANSLATION OF DARWIN'S 'THE VARIATION OF ANIMALS AND PLANTS UNDER DOMESTICATION']‎

‎Warszawa, Wydawnictwo Przegladu Tygodnio, 1888-1889. Large8vo. In two uniform contemporary half calf bindings with four raised bands and gilt lettering to spine. Top right corner (app. 3 x 5 cm) of both title pages cut off" volume 1 not affecting text, volume 2 missing the n in 'Darwin'. Light wear to extremities, otherwise a fine set. (2), X, 11-357, III" (2), 379, IV, VIII, V pp.‎

‎Rare first Polish translation of Darwin's extensive work 'The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication'. It is the longest work and, being so detailed, was never a very successful one, selling only about five thousand copies in his life time and eight before the end of the century"" (R.B. Freeman). Freeman 922.‎

‎Podróz Naturalisty. [i.e. ""Journal of Researches""]. - [FIRST POLISH TRANSLATION OF DARWIN’S JOURNAL OF RESEARCHES]‎

‎Warszawa, 1887. 4to. In contemporary half calf with gilt lettering to spine and four raised bands. Spine with wear and top right corner (3 x 5 cm) of title-page lacking, not affecting text. Internally fine and clean. (4), II, 412, XVIII pp.‎

‎Extremely rare first Polish translation of Darwin’s Journal of Researches: ""His first published book is undoubtedly the most often read and stands second only to ‘On the origin of Species’ as the most often printed. It is an important travel book in its own right and its relation to the background of his evolutionary ideas has often been stressed.""(Freeman p. 31).Freeman 223‎

‎Darwin et la pensée moderne de l'évolution‎

‎Odile Jacob, coll. « Sciences » 1993 In-8 broché 21 cm sur 15. 248 pages. Bon état d’occasion.‎

‎ Bon état d’occasion ‎

‎Autobiography of Charles Darwin with Two Appendices, Comprising a Chapter of Reminiscences and a Statement of Charles Darwin's Religious View by his Son, Sir Francis Darwin‎

‎Icon Books (Watts and Co) , The Thinker's Library, n° 7 Malicorne sur Sarthe, 72, Pays de la Loire, France 2003 Book condition, Etat : Bon hardcover, editor's full black clothes, no dust-jacket In-8 1 vol. - 158 pages‎

‎ Contents, Chapitres : Contents, Publisher's notes, iv, Text, 154 pages and catalogue no dust-jacket, else fine copy, no markings‎

‎Le problème de l'évolution de l'homme. Science et Foi, N°13.‎

‎Bruxelles, l'Action Catholique, 1907. 13 x 19, 58 pp., 1 planche, broché, bon état (cachets du Collège jésuite Saint Stanislas à Mons, dos abîmé).‎

‎L'origine photochimique de la vie. 25 figures.‎

‎ P., Masson (Collection "Evolution des Sciences"), 1958, in 8° broché, 214 pages ; bibliographie in-fine. ‎

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‎La genèse de la vie - Phase de l'évolution géochimique , dans la série des exposés de Biologie générale, publiés sous la direction de Maurice Caullery, n° II, A.I.S. n° 917‎

‎Hermann et Cie , Actualités Scientifiques et Industrielles Malicorne sur Sarthe, 72, Pays de la Loire, France 1942 Book condition, Etat : Bon broché, sous couverture imprimée éditeur marron grand In-8 1 vol. - 128 pages‎

‎26 figures, dont 6 sur 4 planches hors-texte (complet), les autres dans le texte, en noir et blanc 1ere édition, 1942 Contents, Chapitres : Introduction : Recevabilité de la question de l'origine de la vie - Impossibilité de l'apparition spontanée de la chlorophylle - La composition chimique et la structure du globe - La vie et les états de la matière, renseignements fournis par l'étude des cristaux - Constitution chimique : Matières albuminoïdes ou protéines - Structure des organismes - La biosphère - Résumé et conclusions infime trace de pliure au bas du plat supérieur, la couverture reste en très bon état, intérieur très frais et propre, signature de l'ancien propriétaire sur la première page, cela reste un bel exemplaire‎

‎La genèse de la vie - Phase de l'évolution géochimique , dans la série des exposés de Biologie générale, publiés sous la direction de Maurice Caullery, n° II, A.I.S. n° 917‎

‎Hermann et Cie , Actualités Scientifiques et Industrielles Malicorne sur Sarthe, 72, Pays de la Loire, France 1942 Book condition, Etat : Bon relié, pleine toile grise ordinaire, pièce de titres havane au dos grand In-8 1 vol. - 128 pages‎

‎26 figures, dont 5 sur 3 planches hors-texte, les autres dans le texte, en noir et blanc 1ere édition Contents, Chapitres : Introduction : Recevabilité de la question de l'origine de la vie - Impossibilité de l'apparition spontanée de la chlorophylle - La composition chimique et la structure du globe - - La vie et les états de la matière, renseignements fournis par l'étude des cristaux - Constitution chimique : Matières albuminoïdes ou protéines - Structure des organismes - La biosphère - Résumé et conclusions reliure ordinaire, propre, intérieur en bon état, papier à peine jauni, petite tache sombre au coin de la page de titre, signature de l'ancien propriétaire sur le haut de cette page, intérieur propre, mais une note à l'encre dans la marge d'une page, cela reste un bon exemplaire‎

‎La genèse de la vie, Phase de l'évolution géochimique‎

‎Hermann et Cie, Actualités Scientifiques et Industrielles, 1942 17 x 25, 128 pp., broché, Très bon état‎

‎La composition chimique et la structure du globe - La vie et les états de la matière, renseignements fournis par l'étude des cristaux - Constitution chimique : Matières albuminoïdes ou protéines - Structure des organismes - La biosphère.‎

‎Traité des entozoaires et des maladies vermineuses de l'homme et des animaux domestiques -- EDITION ORIGINALE‎

‎P., Baillière, 1860; un volume in 8 relié en demi-chagrin noir (reliure de l'époque), XIXpp., (1pp. errata), XCIIpp., 838pp., 88 figures dans le texte, (les pages XVII-XXI - table des matières et errata - reliées par erreur à la fin de l'introduction)‎

‎---- EDITION ORIGINALE ---- GARRISON N° 2451 ---- Exemplaire du Docteur KOECHLIN avec son cachet de bibliothèque sur la page de titre ---- "THE LEADING PARASITOLOGIST IN EUROPE IN HIS DAY" ---- Heirs of Hippocrate N° 1777 : "DAVAINE not only contributed greatly to the growing knowledge in the field of bacteriology, but was the leading parasitologist in Europe in his day. Russell L. Cecil and Robert F. Loeb in the tenth edition of their Texbook of medicine commented that DAVAINE "showed that anthrax is caused by a living organism that multiplies in the body, invades the blood stream and produces death by septicemia. He found the same organism in the malignant pustle, establishing the etiology of the disease in man and animals. Final proof of the causative role of Bacillus anthracis was furnished when R. Koch (1877) described the formation of spores, cultivation of the organism in vitro, reproduction of the disease by injection of pure cultures and recovery of the bacillus at autopsy. The study of anthrax established for the first time the specific relationship of microbe to an infections disease. This work is an extensive treatise on the anatomical features of the various entozoa which may infest the bodies of both man and animals. Discussed are the pathology, symptoms and organic changes produced by protozoa, cestoda, trematoda, acanthocephala, nematoda, and the various forms of the filaria" ---- DSB III - Bulloch "History of bacteriology" p. 3611562/B5DE-1563/cart.9‎

‎L'Oeuvre de C.J. DAVAINE : CHARBON, SEPTICEMIE, PARASITISME, MICROBISME, ANATOMIE, PHYSIOLOGIE, ANOMALIES, TERATOLOGIE -- EDITION ORIGINALE‎

‎P., Baillière, 1889; un volume in 8 relié en demi-basane havane, dos orné de fleurons dorés, couverture conservée (reliure de l'époque), (quelques rousseurs), 1 portrait, (3), 863pp., 7 PLANCHES‎

‎---- EDITION ORIGINALE ---- ENVOI de C.J. DAVAINE au Docteur KOHNE ainsi libellé "à Mon excellent confrère le Dr. KOHNE en souvenir de ses bonnes relations avec le Dr. C. DAVAINE" ---- Réunion en un volume, par le fils de Davaine, des divers publications de son père parues dans différentes revues parmi lesquelles figure ses "Recherches sur les infusoires du sang dans la maladie connue sous le nom de sang de rate (GARRISON N° 5165) ---- Recherches sur la nature et la constitution anatomique de la pustule maligne (Garrison N° 5166) - Recherches sur le traitement des maladies charbonneuses sur l'homme - Expériences sur la rapidité de l'absorption des virus à la surface des plaies - Recherches physiologiques et pathologiques sur les bactéries - Recherches sur les globules blancs du sang - Mémoire sur les anomalies de l'oeuf - Monstres, monstruosités - Notice sur C.J. Davaine par le Professeur A. Laboulbène. ---- "DAVAINE not only contributed greatly to the growing knowledge in the field of bacteriology, but was the leading parasitologist in Europe in his day. Russell L. Cecil and Robert F. Loeb in the tenth edition of their Texbook of medicine commented that Davaine "showed that anthrax is caused by a living organism that multiplies in the body, invades the blood stream and produces death by septicemia. He found the same organism in the malignant pustle, establishing the etiology of the disease in man and animals. Final proof of the causative role of Bacillus anthracis was furnished when R. Koch (1877) described the formation of spores, cultivation of the organism in vitro, reproduction of the disease by injection of pure cultures and recovery of the bacillus at autopsy. The study of anthrax established for the first time the specific relationship of microbe to an infections disease". (Heirs of Hippocrates) ---- GARRISON N° 5165 (Recherches sur les infusoires du sang dans la maladie connue sous le nom de sang de rate reproduit dans ce volume) : "Davaine showed that anthrax could be transmitted to sheep, horses, cattle, guinea-pigs, and mice, and that in such animals the bacilli did not appear in the blood until 4-5 hours before death" ---- GARRISON N° 5166 (Recherches sur la nature et la constitution anatomique de la pustule maligne reproduit dans ce volume) : "Davaine was the first conclusively to prove that a definite disease (anthrax) was due to a definite micro-organism (B. anthracts) and was thus one of the first to prove the germ theory of disease. He showed that the virulence of anthrax was in proportion to the number of bacteria present" ---- DSB III - Bulloch History of bacteriology p. 361**1564/B5DE‎

‎Notre santé n'est pas un commerce‎

‎Seuil / L'epreuve des faits 2000 165 pages 22 x 15 cm. 2000. Broché. 165 pages. avec Pierre Boncenne Le meilleur système de santé au monde souffre de dérives inquiétantes : surconsommation de médicaments structures hospitalières dangereuses retards inadmissibles dans le traitement de la douleur... tandis que de grandes compagnies d'assurance offrent leurs services à une clientèle dûment sélectionnée. La santé doit-elle devenir un commerce comme un autre ? La France se targue de posséder l'un des meilleurs systèmes de santé au monde. Il est vrai que l'énorme budget alloué à ce secteur devrait nous permettre d'occuper le premier rang des pays développés. Mais il est temps d'abandonner la langue de bois : dans maints domaines on constate une qualité des soins insatisfaisante un gâchis financier et une aggravation des inégalités sociales. Pourquoi ? Parce que nos médecins mal répartis sur le territoire ne sont pas bien formés. Parce qu'ils n'acceptent aucune évaluation sérieuse de leurs compétences. Parce que la surconsommation de médicaments atteint chez nous des proportions faramineuses. Parce que de nombreuses structures hospitalières se révèlent dangereuses et devraient être fermées. Ajoutons à cela les retards inadmissibles pris dans le traitement de la douleur ou l'utilisation des médicaments génériques dont le puissant lobby des industries pharmaceutiques a empêché le développement. Et déplorons que le niveau des remboursements soit en baisse. Jean-Pierre Davant président de la Mutualité française n'est pas seulement un expert inquiet mais un militant qui avertit : bientôt à ce train-là l'assurance privée dictera sa loi et notre santé sera transformée en marchandise‎

‎French Edition Quelques marques de lecture et/ou de stockage mais du reste en Très bon état d'ensemble - Expédié soigneusement depuis la France dans une enveloppe à bulles‎