The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication [Survival of the Fittest]
by DARWIN, Charles (1809-1882)
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- Fine
- Condition
- Fine
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Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
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Synopsis
The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication is a book written by Charles Darwin that was first published in January 1868. A large proportion of the book contains detailed information on the domestication of animals and plants but it also contains in Chapter XXVII a description of Darwin's theory of heredity which he called pangenesis.
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- Bookseller
- Fine Editions Ltd (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BB2290
- Title
- The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication [Survival of the Fittest]
- Author
- DARWIN, Charles (1809-1882)
- Format/Binding
- Original Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1882
- Bookseller catalogs
- XIX CENTURY;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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