Various [Ed. by Albert Charles Seward] — Darwin and Modern Science

Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1909. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of a series of commemorative essays celebrating the centenary of Darwin's birth and the fiftieth anniversary of his Origin of Species. The first edition of Darwin and Modern Science, a series of commemorative essays celebrating Darwin and his work, edited and compiled by British botanist and geologist Albert Charles Seward. Published by Cambridge University Press in 1909.In the publisher's original green cloth, with a photographic frontispiece of Darwin taken by Messrs Maull and Fox. Contains four other illustrated plates, including a colour plate showing mimicry in butterflies. Collated complete. Contains a contemporary centenary trail of his birth in Shrewsbury.As requested by the Cambridge Philosophical Society, the book is a series of essays written by various respected scientists, including Ernst Haeckel, August Weismann, and Joseph Dalton Hooker, to commemorate the centenary of Darwin's birth, and the fiftieth anniversary of his Origin of Species. We can see his impact on geology, botany, history and religious thought.   In the publisher's original green cloth. Externally, smart, with the odd small mark. Fading to the spine, and to top edge of front board. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine, and to the extremities. End papers are generally bright and clean, with minor spotting. Marginal wear to hinge to front end papers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with the very small spot to extremities of final leaf. Very Good . Ill.: Various. Very Good .