Archetypes and ancestors : palaeontology in Victorian London, 1850-1875 / Adrian Desmond
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1984. University of Chicago Press Edition. Fine paperback copy. Cover tanned lightly as with age. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #399822
ISBN: 0226143449
Physical description; 287 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-271) and index. Contents; Huxley, Owen, and the archetype -- Creative continuity: Fossils & Theology -- Huxley's 'Persistence' -- Social function and fossil form -- "Phylogeny" -- Groves of trees & grades of life. Subjects; Paleontology England London History. LONDON (England): palaeontology: nineteenth century: history of science. PALEONTOLOGY: nineteenth century: history of science. England London.
Price: €18.95