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MATTHEW, Patrick (1790-1874). On Naval Timber and Arboriculture. Edinburgh: Adam Black; London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1831.
8o (223 x 140 mm). Contemporary cloth, paper spine label (joints repaired, darkening to spine, chipping to label). Provenance: George Taylor (signature on half title).
FIRST EDITION. In the appendix to this book, Matthew anticipated Darwin's Origin. He uses the expression "natural process of selection" to describe his theory of evolution by natural selection. Garrison-Morton 216.3; Norman 1457.
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FIRST EDITION. In the appendix to this book, Matthew anticipated Darwin's Origin. He uses the expression "natural process of selection" to describe his theory of evolution by natural selection. Garrison-Morton 216.3; Norman 1457.