MÜLLER, Fritz.

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Für Darwin. First edition of this paper offering supporting evidence for the theory of natural selection, "a fundamental contribution to evolutionary biology at a critical moment during its infancy" (DSB). Müller, a German biologist living in Brazil, drew on observations "collected upon the same South American ground on which the idea first occurred" (p. iii, our translation). Darwin wrote to Müller (1822-1897) in praise of the paper: "You have done admirable service in the cause in which we both believe. Many of your arguments seem to me excellent, & many of your facts wonderful... They shew [sic] what a wonderful field there is for enquiry on the development of crustacea; and nothing has convinced me so plainly what admirable results we shall arrive at in Natural History in the course of a few years" (Darwin Correspondence Project). Müller also corresponded with Darwin on his botanical research; his observations were incorporated into the 1877 second edition of the Fertilisation of Orchids.This copy is from the collection of the cardiologist and medical historian Wallace Bruce Fye (b. 1946).

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