The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin, Including an Autobiographical Chapter (3 Volumes)

Charles Darwin, Francis Darwin (Editor)

John Murray, 1888

[A superior set, suitable for a fine library: Darwin's first major biography]  Near fine.  3 volume set. Bound in publisher's green cloth. Hardcover.  Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. Minor spotting to edge. Portrait frontispiece. Gilt spine lettering, rule.  Freeman 1457.  

From the library Dr. Owen Hannaway.  Hannaway was director of the Center for the History and Philosophy of Science at Johns Hopkins University.  He authored numerous books and served as an editor of academic magazines in the history of science. Partial list of publications: Chemists and the Word: The Didactic Origins of Chemistry (1975); Observation, Experiment, and Hypothesis in Modern Physical Science (1985); The Evolution of Technology (1989); Science and the Practice of Medicine in the Nineteenth Century (1994); and The Foundations of Modern Science in the Middle Ages: Their Religious, Institutional and Intellectual Contexts (1996).