Studies in the Theory of Descent (Volumes 1 and 2)

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August Weismann

PREFATORY NOTICE.

TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE.

PREFACE TO THE ENGLISH EDITION.

CONTENTS.

STUDIES IN THE THEORY OF DESCENT.

Part I. ON THE SEASONAL DIMORPHISM OF BUTTERFLIES.

STUDIES IN THE THEORY OF DESCENT. (2)

Part II. ON THE FINAL CAUSES OF TRANSFORMATION.

STUDIES IN THE THEORY OF DESCENT (3)

STUDIES IN THE THEORY OF DESCENT. (4)

Part III. ON THE FINAL CAUSES OF TRANSFORMATION. III. THE

FOOTNOTES

INDEX.

ERRATA.

Transcriber's Notes

Transcriber’s notes

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The Fourth Edition of this work originally was published in two volumes; they have been combined in this eBook. The content of Volume II, including its Title page, begins after page 400.

STUDIES IN THE THEORY
OF DESCENT.

LONDON:
PRINTED BY GILBERT AND RIVINGTON, LIMITED,
ST. JOHN’S SQUARE,

STUDIES IN THE THEORY
OF DESCENT

BY
DR. AUGUST WEISMANN
PROFESSOR IN THE UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG

WITH NOTES AND ADDITIONS BY THE AUTHOR

TRANSLATED AND EDITED, WITH NOTES, BY
RAPHAEL MELDOLA, F.C.S.
LATE VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON

WITH A PREFATORY NOTICE BY
CHARLES DARWIN, LL.D., F.R.S.
Author of “The Origin of Species,” &c.

IN TWO VOLUMES
VOL. I.

WITH EIGHT COLOURED PLATES

London:
SAMPSON LOW, MARSTON, SEARLE, & RIVINGTON
CROWN BUILDINGS, 188, FLEET STREET
1882
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