Francis Galton: the life and work of a Victorian genius

by D. W. Forrest

$35 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books

First edition

New York: Taplinger, 1974 . First edition, 8vo, pp. x, 2 , 340; 16 b&w photographic illus on rectos and versos of 8 plates; near fine in price-clipped dustjacket. A polymath--and cousin to Charles Darwin-- Galton 1822-1911 is best known as the father of eugenics, but he also made considerable impact in the fields of psychology, genetics, biometrics, exploration, and fingerprinting. Item #26748

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