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[ZOOLOGY COLLECTION]

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Seller: Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts
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[ZOOLOGY COLLECTION]
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Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts (United States)
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Over two hundred and twenty zoological offprints from more than one hundred and fifty preeminent scientists in the field, the majority with original printed wrappers. Among many of the subjects covered are heredity & genetics, eugenics, and embryology, several accompanied with exquisite plates. From Zoologiska Institutionens Bibliotek, Upsala with its stamp on most of the title pages/covers. Also, many from the libraries of Alexander Goette, Professor Wilhelm Lilljeborg or Axel Wirén with their stamp or ownership inscription. Full listing available upon request. We are pleased to offer a wonderful collection of over two hundred and twenty rare and important zoological offprints written by more than one hundred and fifty prominent scientists. A few of the many subjects covered are heredity, genetics, eugenics (with an emphasis on racial purity), and embryology. Almost all of these articles were written by scientists preeminent in their fields, and include several Nobel laureates. Many of these articles are illustrated with superb text illustrations and exquisite plates, some in color; the majority have original printed wrappers. They are written in a variety of languages, including English, Swedish, German and French. The collection comes from the Zoologiska Institutionens Bibliotek in Upsala, Sweden, with its stamp on most of the title pages/covers. A great many of them are from the libraries of distinguished scientists Alexander Goette, Wilhelm Lilljeborg and Axel Wirén, and have their stamp or ownership inscription. Alexander Wilhelm von Götte (18401922) was an eminent German zoologist born in St. Petersburg. His main interest was invertebrate embryology, his major work (on the Bombinator igneus, a European aquatic toad) appearing in 1875. though sometimes presented as an opponent of Darwinism, Götte acknowledged the theory of descent, though he was highly skeptical of Darwin's acceptance of the inheritance of acquired characteristics; during the 1870s, he was involved an a famous dispute over Darwinism with eminent biologist Ernst Haeckel. Götte was a pioneer in the research of developmental physiology, which soon became its own field of study, and he became a major figure in zoology of the late 19-century. Wilhelm Lilljeborg (1816-1908) was a noted Swedish zoologist and a professor at the University of Uppsala. He specialized in the study of the Swedish cladocera (water flea), and his particular contribution to research in that field was his work on the importance of cladocera in the food chain. He is also well-known for his work on whales, discovering a sub-fossil in 1861 which he named Balaenoptera robusta (Atlantic Gray Whale); this was later placed in a new genre of whales, Eschrichtius, by the British researcher John Gray. Axel Wirén (1860-1925) was a prominent Swedish zoologist, specializing in malacology (the study of molluscs). He received his PhD from the University of Uppsala in 1885, taking a professorship there in 1908; he was also a researcher at the Kristineberg Marine Research Station. He became a member of the Swedish Royal Academy of Sciences (KVA) in 1902, and was the founder of the prestigious Wirén scholarship. A complete list is available upon request.

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