Thomas Henry Huxley was a 19th century British biologist known as Darwin's Bulldog. Huxley's famous 1860 debate with Samuel Wilberforce was a key moment in the wider acceptance of evolution. Huxley was instrumental in developing scientific education in Britain. He became perhaps the finest comparative anatomist of the second half of the nineteenth century even though he had very little schooling and was primarily self-taught. The Table of Contents includes On the advisableness of improving natural knowledge, Emancipation- ...
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Thomas Henry Huxley was a 19th century British biologist known as Darwin's Bulldog. Huxley's famous 1860 debate with Samuel Wilberforce was a key moment in the wider acceptance of evolution. Huxley was instrumental in developing scientific education in Britain. He became perhaps the finest comparative anatomist of the second half of the nineteenth century even though he had very little schooling and was primarily self-taught. The Table of Contents includes On the advisableness of improving natural knowledge, Emancipation--black and white, Liberal education: and where to find it, Scientific education: notes of an after-dinner speech, On the educational value of the natural history sciences, On the study of zoology, On the physical basis of life, The scientific aspects of positivism, On a piece of chalk, Geological contemporaneity and persistent types of life, Geological reform, The origin of species, Criticisms on "the origin of species, On Descartes' "Discourse touching the method of using one's reason rightly and of seeking scientific truth.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Re-bound by library. Octavo, red cloth binding, gilt lettering on backstrip, backstrip half torn, one loose page, pages are clean, text is clear. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 750grams, ISBN:
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Bound in clothBinding, loose with splitting inside covers ripped on spineCover dirtyPages age-tonedText internally cleanGilt lettering on back stripFoxingEdgeworn Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 850grams, ISBN:
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Good. No Jacket. 19.0 x 12.5 cm. Pp. xi, 344. Original cloth, gilt lettering. Spine relaid, fore corners slightly rubbed, owner's details on verso of 1/2 title, slight darkening of paper, blind stamp on front free end paper.
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Fine in Fine jacket. Size: 8vo 8"-9" tall; Lay sermons, addresses and reviews by the preeminent 19th-century biologist and natural historian, including glowing reviews of Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy, bound in red cloth over boards, blind-stamped illustration to covers, still sharp and distinct gilt lettering to spine. Moderate rubbing to extremities, bumping to spine head and foot. Former damp-staining to front endpapers and to rear bottom bottom and endpapers, but signs of neither odor nor moisture, else with a clean and tightly bound interior. xi [2], 2-378 pp. Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.
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Good. Book 14 19th century "sermons, addresses, and reviews", covering such topics as improving natural knowledge, emancipation, education, positivism, geology, the origin of the species, natural history, etc. Binding has moderate wear, light marks, inner hinges with beginning signs of cracking, name sticker and stamp on endpapers.
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Very Good. No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 378+pp. Green cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Lightly soiled and rubbed. Previous owner's bookplate on front paste-down. Previous owner's name on front endpaper. Contents nice.
Publisher:
D. Appleton & Company, 90, 92 & 94 Grand Street
Published:
1871
Alibris ID:
17747189895
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First American edition. 20cm. xi, 378pp., [6] ads. Rust colored embossed pebbled cloth with gilt stamped spine. Period ownership signature on flyleaf. Near fine.