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The Natural History of Man; Comprising Inquiries Into the Modifying Influence of Physical and Moral Agencies on the Different Tribes of the Human Family
Author(s): Prichard, James Cowles; Norris, Edwin
| Binding: | Hardcover |
| Volume Condition: | Very Good |
| Dust Jacket: | No |
| Dust Jacket Condition: | N/A |
| Edition: | 4th Edition |
| Language: | English |
| Publisher Name: | H Bailliere |
| Publication Year: | 1855 |
| Publication Place: | London, UK |
| Book ID: | 011363 |
| Catalogue(s): | Science - Life Sciences, Biology, Human Biology, Evolution |
Two volume set. Vol. 1: xxiv, 346pp. Vol2: viii, 343-720pp. Tan leather-covered boards; five spine ribs, gilt Royal Medical Benevolent College crest and borders on front, gilt titles on red spine label. 8vo. All edges heavily rubbed. Marbled text block edges and endpapers marbled. Prize plates on the front pastedown. Foxing to prelim pages. Internally neat clean, bright and tight; baring occasional foxing. A pre-Darwinian text that attempts to categorise the known species of the world dependent on characteristics; and in a way which holds to the biblical notion that all men descend from a singe being. Illustrated with sixty two hand coloured plates (one plate is loose) engraved on steel and one hundred in-text black and white engravings on wood.
Keywords:
Human history
evolution
ethics
morality
