Description: Francis Galton, FRS, Inquiries into Human Faculty and its Development New York, Macmillan and Co 1883. This 1st US edition was printed in Edinburgh so these are the English sheets with a different title page. There is a photographic frontispiece and four plates at the end the last of which is colored (see photos) Galton is best known for his work with fingerprints. Galton invented the term eugenics in 1883 and set down many of his observations and conclusions in this book. good to very good with slight wear at head and tale of spine. Some pages opened roughly (see fore-edge photo)
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Binding: Hardcover
Place of Publication: New York
Language: English
Author: Francis Galton
Region: North America
Publisher: Macmillan and Co.
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Topic: Psychology
Subject: Science & Medicine
Original/Facsimile: Original
Year Printed: 1883