拍品 1089
1089
GALTON, Francis (1822-1911). Hereditary genius: an inquiry into its laws and consequences. London: Macmillan, 1869. 8o. 2 printed folding tables. 56-page Macmillan catalogue dated March 1869 bound in. Original maroon cloth (spine faded). Provenance: John Tomes (1815-1895), founder of the Royal Dental Hospital (ownership inscription). FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed "from the author". Galton (a cousin of Charles Darwin) "investigated the families of great men and suggested that genius was hereditary, and thus founded the science of eugenics, although he did not coin the word until 1883" (Garrison-Morton 226); Cushing G82; Osler 1599; Waller 15950; Norman 864. -- Finger prints. London & New York: Macmillan, 1892. 8o. 16 photographic plates. Original maroon cloth, uncut and some gatherings. FIRST EDITION. Galton was the first to describe the uses of fingerprinting as a means of personal identification in both biological and criminological investigations. He classified fingerprints in the three main categories of arch, whorl and loop, following the suggestions of Henry Faulds in 1880, and he also traced the hereditary nature of patterns. PMM 376; Norman 867. -- Fingerprint directories. London & New York: Macmillan, 1895. 8o. 9 photographic plates. Original maroon cloth, uncut. Provenance: M.V. Burke (ownership inscription). FIRST EDITION. Norman 868. -- English men of science: their nature and nurture. London: Macmillan, 1874. 8o. Original plum cloth (spine worn). FIRST EDITION. Galton investigate the relative importance of nature and nurture in the development of intelligence. This book was the result of a survey which he circulated to 180 members of the Royal Society. Norman 865. -- Inquiries into human faculty and its development. London: Macmillan, 1883. 8o. Mounted frontispiece photograph, 3 lithographed plates, 1 double-page chromolithograph. Original cloth. Provenance: William Elder Marcus and Mary Chapin Marcus (bookplate). FIRST EDITION, and the first appearance of the term "eugenics". Cushing G83; Garrison-Morton 230; Heirs of Hippocrates 1903; Osler 1597; Waller 5403; Norman 866. Original plum cloth, largely uncut (some fading to spines). (5)

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GALTON, Francis (1822-1911). Hereditary genius: an inquiry into its laws and consequences. London: Macmillan, 1869. 8o. 2 printed folding tables. 56-page Macmillan catalogue dated March 1869 bound in. Original maroon cloth (spine faded). Provenance: John Tomes (1815-1895), founder of the Royal Dental Hospital (ownership inscription). FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed "from the author". Galton (a cousin of Charles Darwin) "investigated the families of great men and suggested that genius was hereditary, and thus founded the science of eugenics, although he did not coin the word until 1883" (Garrison-Morton 226); Cushing G82; Osler 1599; Waller 15950; Norman 864. -- Finger prints. London & New York: Macmillan, 1892. 8o. 16 photographic plates. Original maroon cloth, uncut and some gatherings. FIRST EDITION. Galton was the first to describe the uses of fingerprinting as a means of personal identification in both biological and criminological investigations. He classified fingerprints in the three main categories of arch, whorl and loop, following the suggestions of Henry Faulds in 1880, and he also traced the hereditary nature of patterns. PMM 376; Norman 867. -- Fingerprint directories. London & New York: Macmillan, 1895. 8o. 9 photographic plates. Original maroon cloth, uncut. Provenance: M.V. Burke (ownership inscription). FIRST EDITION. Norman 868. -- English men of science: their nature and nurture. London: Macmillan, 1874. 8o. Original plum cloth (spine worn). FIRST EDITION. Galton investigate the relative importance of nature and nurture in the development of intelligence. This book was the result of a survey which he circulated to 180 members of the Royal Society. Norman 865. -- Inquiries into human faculty and its development. London: Macmillan, 1883. 8o. Mounted frontispiece photograph, 3 lithographed plates, 1 double-page chromolithograph. Original cloth. Provenance: William Elder Marcus and Mary Chapin Marcus (bookplate). FIRST EDITION, and the first appearance of the term "eugenics". Cushing G83; Garrison-Morton 230; Heirs of Hippocrates 1903; Osler 1597; Waller 5403; Norman 866. Original plum cloth, largely uncut (some fading to spines). (5)