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INTERMARRIAGE OR THE MODE IN WHICH, AND THE CAUSES WHY, BEAUTY, HEALTH AND INTELLECT, RESULT FROM CERTAIN UNIONS, AND DEFORMITY, DISEASE AND INSANITY FROM OTHERS; Demonstrated by Delineations of the Structure and Forms, and Descriptions of the Functions and Capacities, which Each Parent, in Every Pair, Bestows on Children -- in Conformity with Certain Natural Laws, and by an Account of Corresponding Effects in the Breeding of Animals
by Walker, Alexander
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- gGood
- Seller
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Eugene, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: Lindsay and Blakiston, 1860. Hardcover. gGood. Philadelphia: Lindsay and Blakiston, 1860. 7 1/2 x 5 inches: pp. viii, 284. Forest green pebbled cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Several plates.
Spine cracked but holding. Some wear to boards, light bumping. Text is unmarked, but with minor foxing. An interesting scientic curio from the 18th century.
Spine cracked but holding. Some wear to boards, light bumping. Text is unmarked, but with minor foxing. An interesting scientic curio from the 18th century.
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- Bookseller
- Joe Pettit Jr., Bookseller; Blackwood Bookhouse
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 778
- Title
- INTERMARRIAGE OR THE MODE IN WHICH, AND THE CAUSES WHY, BEAUTY, HEALTH AND INTELLECT, RESULT FROM CERTAIN UNIONS, AND DEFORMITY, DISEASE AND INSANITY FROM OTHERS; Demonstrated by Delineations of the Structure and Forms, and Descriptions of the Functions and Capacities, which Each Parent, in Every Pair, Bestows on Children -- in Conformity with Certain Natural Laws, and by an Account of Corresponding Effects in the Breeding of Animals
- Author
- Walker, Alexander
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - gGood
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Lindsay and Blakiston
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1860
- Keywords
- Eugenics, Selective breeding, Castration, Castrati, Genetically transmitted character traits.
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About the Seller
Joe Pettit Jr., Bookseller; Blackwood Bookhouse
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Eugene, Oregon
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