Avebury, Lord. Ants, Bees, and Wasps. A Record of Observations on the Habits of the Social Hymenoptera. 16th. Rev. Ed. 2nd. Imp. Pub. Kegan Paul. 1904
pp.xvii, 436 with 5 colour plates, b/w. illus. and 2 fold-out plates. 8vo. A little spotting to fore-edges of text block and to ends o/w. contents fine. Original decorated red cloth binding in thor. vg. condition.
Lord Aveburywas a banker, Liberal politician, philanthropist, scientist and polymath. He coined the terms "Paleolithic" and "Neolithic" to denote the Old and New Stone Ages, respectively. He helped establish archaeology as a scientific discipline, and was influential in debates concerning evolutionary theory. He wrote numerous publications on subjects as varied as archaeology, coins, trade and natural history.
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