Reports to the Evolution Committee of the Royal Society. Reports I-V. 1902-1909

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Rare.Five reports originally issued separately, 1902, 1905, 1906, 1908, 1909, and here in the combined volume issued on completion, together with the general title page (dated 1910), Contents and Index to the complete work.

William Bateson (1861-1926) was an English biologist and evolutionary theorist who was best known for rediscovering and defending the genetic paradigm of Gregor Mendel. Bateson first used the term 'genetics' to refer to the study of heredity. These reports cover the seminal research conducted by Bateson. "The rediscovery of Mendel's work transformed Bateson's career. He reinterpreted experimental data already available in Mendelian terms. As spokesman for the new discipline, Bateson knew no peer, yet his work was financed with great difficulty. The reports to the evolution committee of the Royal Society were the main vehicle of Mendelian publication in Britain until 1910" (DSB).

The work is rare in this combined state and represents a foundational document in the early history of genetics. It stands as a key primary source for the study of early twentieth-century biology, marking the institutional and intellectual consolidation of genetics as a modern science.

Condition

5 parts bound in one volume, 8vo, orig. two-tone blue cloth, with orig. printed front wrapper to each report bound in. Vg.