Mendel's Principles of Heredity

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Description: A very early detailed exposition of Genetic Theory. Includes translations of Mendel's papers at the end of the book.

I believe this is a first edition, first printing, 1909. See photo - verso of tittle page states "Printed by John Clay at the University Press" only.
Text block solid, inside hinges intact, with minimal foxing and all colour plates/tissue protectors intact. Cracking of the cover cloth at front and back hinge. Back cover has bottom corner bent and cracked. Creasing on bottom right of front cover. See my photographs. A clean copy - no owners names, stamps etc. throughout. Minimal foxing.
Bateson was one of the rediscoverers of Mendel's neglected publications in 1900. He became an advocate for Mendelism in Britian. Today, it is clear that there is no conflict between the ideas of Mendel and those of Darwin. However, Bateson was not a "Darwinian" in that he did not believe in gradual change over eons was the true story of evolution. He was convinced that, if Darwin's idea of gradual change was right, intermediate forms should exist in abundance. He was attracted to Medelism as it seemed to promise a way to explain the clear differentiation of species by allowing large jumps in form or function - saltationism. This idea was struck a fatal blow by Fisher's brilliant new statistical (1930) analysis showing the extreme improbability of large jumps.
An important book in the early history of Genetics.