德莱奇，伊夫。1854-1920. 海绵胚胎发生。[巴黎：动物学档案馆，1892年。]

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DELAGE, YVES. 1854–1920.:Embryogenie des eponges. [Paris: Archives de Zoologie, 1892.]
8vo (236 x 153 mm). Author\’s proof, signed, with some annotations, and original artwork for all illustrations clipped and laid down on card stock leaves, bound in at end. Modern quarter green morocco and cloth. Browning, scattered foxing throughout.

Delage, a professor of zoology at the Sorbonne, was a critic of Darwin\’s theory of natural selection. He was among the scientists of his time who argued for a form of Neo-Lamarckist theory of evolution, which ultimately was abandoned.

德莱奇，伊夫。1854-1920. 海绵胚胎发生。[巴黎：动物学档案馆，1892年。]