first edition
1855 · London
by Mann, Robert James
London: Longman, Brown, Green,and Longmans, 1855. First edition, small 8vo, pp. viii, 160, 24 (ads); 40 wood engravings in the text; orange endpapers, printed advertisements on pastedowns; original green cloth stamped in black and gilt; spine rather sunned, else near fine. "The object of the following pages is to explain familiarly such points of physiological science as could not appropriately been noticed in the Guide to the Knowledge of Life, just published by the author" (Prefatory Remarks). The initial chapter deals with population growth and Malthusian developments.
(Inventory #: 55159)