Maupertuis (Pierre-Louis Moreau de): Dissertation... Lot 23

Maupertuis (Pierre-Louis Moreau de): Dissertation physique à l'occasion du nègre blanc. Leiden, without publisher, 1744. 1 volume in-12, contemporary binding in full calf, spine ribbed and decorated, red morocco title-piece, triple gilt fillet on the boards, all edges gilt. Small defects in the corners, wear and tear on the spines and edges. 7 ff.n.c.- 132 pp. Clean and unblemished endpapers. Maupertuis is one of the founders of the theory of mbryogenesis, of edacity and of genetics. This text was published on the occasion of the birth of an albino child whose parents are both black. Here in original edition, rare, very often republished thereafter.