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Matthew, Patrick
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- Matthew, Patrick
- On Naval Timber and Arboriculture... Edinburgh: Adam Black, 1831
- Matthew, Patrick
- Printed Books
8vo, FIRST EDITION, half-title, original brown cloth, printed lettering piece on spine, minor spotting, tear to A7, ownership stamps, extremities slightly bumped
Literature
Norman 1457
Catalogue Note
In the appendix to this work, Patrick Matthew (1790-1874), a Scottish fruit grower and timber merchant, presented a statement of the concept of evolution through natural selection. This anticipates Darwin's Origin by nearly three decades.