Johnson's Natural History, Comprehensive, Scientific, and Popular, Illustrating and Describing the Animal Kingdom, with Its Wonders and Curiosities, from Man, through All the Divisions, Classes, and Orders, to the Animalcules in a Drop of Water; Showing …

xv, [1], 681, [1], 35; viii, 685, [1], 16, [8] pp. Leather spines and corners, gilt titles and rules, all edges gilt. Engraved frontispieces and title pages, 1500 engravings throughout. Following the main text of volume one is An Exposition of the Development Hypothesis by E.L. Youmans, which discusses the theory of evolution as characterized by Charles Darwin, Thomas Henry Huxley, Alfred Russel Wallace, Herbert Spencer, and the new school of naturalists. Following the main text of volume two is A Criticism of the Development Hypothesis by Julius H. Seelye. Extensive index.