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Erasmus Darwin (Paperback)
Ernst Krause; Translated by William Sweetland Dallas; Charles Robert Darwin
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R614
Discovery Miles 6 140
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The author of this life of Erasmus Darwin, published in 1879, is
given as Ernst Krause (1839 1903) a German biologist, but in fact
more than half the book is a 'preliminary notice' by Charles
Darwin, who explains in the preface that he has written it because
of his access to family papers which add 'to the knowledge of
Erasmus Darwin's character'. Krause wrote his original article in a
German periodical because, in turn, he was intrigued by a reference
made by Charles Darwin in the later editions of On the Origin of
Species to his grandfather's anticipation in his Zoonomia (also
reissued in this series) of Lamarckian theory: 'I thought
immediately ... that this ancestor of his must certainly deserve
considerable credit in connection with the history of the Darwinian
theory.' The German text was translated by W. S. Dallas, who had
previously collaborated with Darwin as both indexer and translator.
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book
may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages,
poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the
original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We
believe this work is culturally important, and despite the
imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of
our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works
worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in
the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields
in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as
an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification:
++++ Les Amours Des Plantes Charles Robert Darwin, Joseph Philippe
Francois Deleuze Digeon, 1799 Literary Collections; General;
Literary Collections / General
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