Hereditary Genius: An Inquiry into its Laws and Consequences
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1870.
First American edition. viii, 390, [2] pp. with both fold-out charts. Bound in publisher's green pebbled cloth with gilt spine lettering, pale yellow endpapers. Very Good+, rubbing to back board, a little foxing to edges, a few reading smudges. Uncommon in such nice shape.
A major work in the history of eugenics. B.S. Bramwell called it "the first serious study on the inheritance of intelligence." Author of Genius H.J. Eysenck called it "the beginning of scientific interest in the topic of genius."
Price: $1,400.00
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