De l'espece et de la classification en zoologie. Edition revue et augmentee par l'auteur

Agassiz, Louis (1807-73). De l'espèce et de la classification en zoologie. Traducution de l'anglais par Félix Vogeli. [6], 400pp. Folding table. Paris: Germer Baillière, 1869. 223 x 141 mm. Late 19th / early 20th-century quarter cloth, marbled boards, 2 worn spots on front hinge, spine a bit darkened. Minor foxing but very good.

First Edition in French, revised and augmented by Agassiz. "While Agassiz often wrote in general terms regarding his virulent opposition to Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection, he provided his scientific rationale for that opposition only in an appendix to the French translation of his Essay on Classification: Part 3, Chapter 7: Le Darwinisme. - Classification de Haeckel" (Garrison-Morton.com 9473).