Jaeger G Translator (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good No dust jacket as issued. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket As Issued. First Edition. Boards rubbed. Some flecking and small stains to boards. Gutters split at hinges. Foxing to title leaf. Previous owner's inscription in pencil on Contents page.; ii, [8], 261, [3] pages + 2 leaves with a 3 page facsimile Charles Darwin letter. Maroon cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine and front board. Page dimensions: 214 x 134mm. Text in English, translated from German. The facsimile Darwin letter from Charles Darwin to Gustav Jaeger is dated February 3rd 1875, and discusses Jaeger's 1874 book "In Sachen Darwin's insbesondere contra Wigand." The letter is also given in letterpress, which is easier to read than Darwin's handwriting in the facsimile. Darwin writes "I received this morning a copy of your work 'Contra Wigand,' either from yourself of from your publisher, and I am greatly obliged for it. I had, however, before bought a copy, and have sent the new one to our best Library, that of the Royal Society. As I am a very poor German scholar I have as yet read only about 40 pages, but these have intereste me in the highest degree. Your remarks on fixed and variable species deserbve the greatest attention; but I am not at present quite convinced that there are such independent of the conditions to which they are subjected. [ . . .]". …

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 2000 edition. 387 pages. German language. 9.53x6.26x0.98 inches. In Stock.