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ROMANES, G.J. Mental evolution in animals. W. a posthumous essay on instinct by Ch. Darwin. 1885. W. 1 fold. diagram & some figures in the text. Ocl. (Spine sunned, shelfwear, foxing on edges, block tight & text clean, bookplate of St Benedict Fort Augustus abbey on paste-down). -- Id. Jelly-fish, star-fish and sea-urchins being a research on primitive nervous systems. 1885. W. many figures & diagrams in the text. ocl. (Spine dam. & repairs, cloth split at hinges, some wear at extremities). -- (2).
First editions. G. J. Romanes (1848 – 94), Canadian-Scots evolutionary biologist and physiologist who laid the foundation for a comparative psychology of humans and other animals. A close associate, friend and defender of Charles Darwin.€ 120
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