418. [BASSET DES ROSIERS. Gilles.] L'Anti-Venus physique, première partie, ou critique de la dissertation sur l'origine des Hommes et des Animaux suivi de la seconde partie La critique de la dissertation sur l'origine des Noirs. S.l.1746. 2 parts in 1 volume, in-12, 144 pp, (1) f., 145-219 pp, spotted calf, ornate ribbed spine (period binding).
First edition.
This work is a biting critique of Maupertuis' Venus physique, published in 1745, dealing with heredity and reproduction. The second part is a response to Maupertuis' Dissertation Physique à l'occasion du Nègre Blanc, in which he rightly asserts that the white color of the negro is a hereditary anomaly.
Handwritten signature of Bertheamne and La Salle.
Paper defect, not missing pp.107-108, light foxing. Spine faded.
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418. [BASSET DES ROSIERS. Gilles.] L'Anti-Venus physique, première partie, ou critique de la dissertation sur l'origine des Hommes et des Animaux suivi de la seconde partie La critique de la dissertation sur l'origine des Noirs. S.l.1746. 2 parts in 1 volume, in-12, 144 pp, (1) f., 145-219 pp, spotted calf, ornate ribbed spine (period binding).
First edition.
This work is a biting critique of Maupertuis' Venus physique, published in 1745, dealing with heredity and reproduction. The second part is a response to Maupertuis' Dissertation Physique à l'occasion du Nègre Blanc, in which he rightly asserts that the white color of the negro is a hereditary anomaly.
Handwritten signature of Bertheamne and La Salle.
Paper defect, not missing pp.107-108, light foxing. Spine faded.
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