Feb 28, 2013 - Sale 2305

Sale 2305 - Lot 278

Price Realized: $ 420
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Estimate: $ 300 - $ 500
VRIES, HUGO DE. Die Mutationstheorie. 12 chromolithographed plates. Half-titles. 2 volumes. Large 8vo, publisher's 1/2 sheep gilt, moderate wear, spines faded and worn at top; contents clean. Leipzig, 1901-03

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first edition. "The theory of mutation was first advanced by de Vries"--Garrison-Morton 240. Grolier/Horblit 73b; Norman 2169 ("a cornerstone of evolutionary theory"). with: Haeckel, Ernst. Anthropogenie, oder Entwickelungsgeschichte des Menschen. 12 lithographed plates, including 2 in color. Half-title. 8vo, original cloth, rear joint cracked; contents toned. Leipzig, 1874. first edition. Garrison-Morton 493.