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1869 Hereditary Genius: An Inquiry into its Laws and Consequences
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Description
An Important Work, First Edition, Folding Plates, Leather Binding
The first edition.
The publisher's presentation copy.
Bound in a modern half calf with marbled paper to the boards. Gilt details and lettering with raised bands to the spine.
With a folding plate containing a key to the letters used within his work to indicate relationships. Collated complete.
This work is written by Sir Francis Galton, a British polymath. Galton was the first to apply statistical methods to the study of inheritance of intelligence. This work was extremely influential to this field, with it being the first social scientific attempt to study genius, and is considered to the be the catalyst for scientific interest in the topic.
Publisher's advertisements to the rear. Original half titles retained. Library stamp to title page.
Condition
In a modern half calf binding with marbled paper to the boards. Original half titles retained. Endpapers and blanks renewed. Externally excellent with only the odd mark to the spine. Internally firmly bound with bright and generally clean pages with light spotting to the title pages and last page only. Library stamp to title page. Half inch closed tear to folding plate.
Near Fine
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