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Title: Palaeontology or a Systematic Summary of Extinct Animals and their Geological Relations.
Description: 1860, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book, First edn, Edinburgh, A&C Black,1860. 8vo, xvi, 420p, folding plate and text engravings. Slight wear, VG in original cloth gilt. Signed by L Harrison Matthews F.R.S. King's College, Cambridge, noted British zoologist. Richard Owen, 1804-1892, biologist, anatomist and palaeontologist, was an outspoken opponent of Darwin's Origin of the Species. Although he accepted that evolution occurred, he persistently objected to Darwin's theory, entering into an academic war of words with Darwin and Thomas Huxley. Owen is also remembered for establishing the British Museum (Natural History) and for coining the term Dinosaur, presenting them as a distinct taxonomic group. Very Good.

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