Studies in the theory of descent
By: by Dr. August Weismann...with notes and additions by the author; tr. and ed., with notes, by Raphael Meldola...with a prefatory notice by Charles Darwin...with eight coloured plates.
Contributors: Meldola, Raphael, 1849-1915, ed. and tr.
Publisher: S. Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington
Published: 1882
Place of publication: London
Language: eng; ger
Subjects: Zoology; Insects; Butterflies; Heredity
Notes: Paged continuously; v. 1: xxxvi, 400; v. 2: 1 p. l., 401-729, [1] p.
Translation of Studien zur Descendenz-Theorie.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. On the seasonal dimorphism of butterflies.; title: pt. 2-3. On the final causes of transformation: 1. The origin of the markings of caterpillars. 2. On phyletic parallelism in metamorphic species. 3. The transformation of the Mexican axolati into A̲m̲b̲l̲y̲s̲t̲o̲m̲a̲. 4. On the mechanical conception of nature.