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英國文學、歷史書籍、兒童文學與插畫
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Wells, William Charles
TWO VOLUMES, COMPRISING:
a) Two Essays: one upon single vision with two eyes; the other on dew... and an account of a female of the white race of mankind, part of whose skin resembles that of a negro. Printed for Archibald Constable and Co., 1818, 8vo, FIRST EDITION, half-title, original boards, uncut, binding soiled, rebacked and recornered; b) Another copy. 1818, FIRST EDITION, half-title, modern green morocco-backed boards, uncut
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出版
Norman 2200; Grolier Club, Darwin (2004), p.17
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"This collection includes the first printing of Wells's 'Account of a female of the white race...,' which contains the first recognizable statement of the principle of natural selection... Darwin was not familiar with Wells's paper when he published the first edition of the Origin, but it was later called to his attention, and Darwin paid tribute to Wells's pioneering statement in the historical introduction to the third edition of the Origin" (Norman).
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