Lot 332
  • 332

Huxley, Thomas Henry

Estimate
500 - 700 GBP
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Description

  • A collection of 15 volumes, including:
  • Paper
i) Evidence as to Man's Place in Nature. 1863, frontispiece, illustrations, modern green half morocco, slightly spotted, first few leaves and adverts repaired; ii) Lectures on the Elements of Comparative Anatomy. 1864, illustrations, signature of R[ichard] Norris Wolfenden (physician and oceanographer), cloth, worn; iii) Lessons in Elementary Physiology. 1866, original cloth; iv) An Introduction to the Classification of Animals. 1869, illustrations, original cloth, repaired; v) Lay Sermons, Addresses, and Reviews. 1870, original cloth, worn; vi) A Manual of the Anatomy of Vertebrated Animals. 1871, original cloth; vii) The Romanes Lecture 1893. Evolution and Ethics. 1893, contemporary half morocco, rubbedviii) Laing, S. Pre-historic Remains of Caithness... with notes on the human remains by Thomas H. Huxley. 1866, plates, illustrations, original cloth, spine somewhat worn; ALL FIRST EDITIONS, 8vo; and 7 others, various sizes (15)

Condition

the condition of this lot is as described in the catalogue description
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