Haeckel, Anthropogénie 1877

Ernest HAECKEL

ANTHROPOGENIE OU EVOLUTION HUMAINE

Histoire de l'évolution humaine, leçons familières sur les principes de l'embryologie et de la phylogénie humaines. Traduit par Ch. Letourneau.

Edition originale en Français. Cette traduction a été faite à partir de la 2e édition en langue allemande. Paris, Reinwald, 1877, in-8, ouvrage contenant 11 planches, 210 gravures sur bois et 36 tableaux frontispice gravé, planches couleurs sous serpente, reliure en toile de l'éditeur, bel état, charnière bien solides, coins non émoussés, bel exemplaire, avec quelques rousseurs éparses, catalogue des éditions Reiwald en fin d'ouvrage.

French edition of one of Haeckel's most influential works in which he expressed his evolutionary views. "In these writings 'monism' is always presented as a necessary consequence of evolution. Haeckel's enthusiastic defense of Lamarck can be understood from similarities in the two men's scientific careers, in their methods, and in their fixed goals. Haeckel's historical importance consists principally in his suggestions that stimulated further work. His spirited advocacy of Darwin's ideas, not all of which he agreed with, contributed to the breakthrough of evolutionary thinking in the construction of biological theories. Moreover, concepts that Haeckel was the first to formulate, such as ontogeny, phylogeny, ecology, and chorology, have been adopted. " (DSB). Original cloth binding, nice condition for this original edition in french