1843 - Ratzel, F.

Ratzel, F. In Memory of Friedrich Ratzel. Originally planned as a commemorative volume for his 60th birthday, now presented as a memorial donation. Leipzig: Seele, 1904. 4°. With a portrait on the front cover and several illustrations. VIII, 471 pp. Old world. First edition. — Ratzel’s book on the history of creation, influenced by Haeckel’s *General Morphology of Organisms* (1866). - ╔Included: Ibid.╗ Anthropogeography. Part One (of 2): Outlines of the Application of Geography to History. 3rd ed. Stuttgart, Engelhorn, 1909. - ╔In Memory of Friedrich Ratzel.╗ Originally planned as a commemorative volume for his 60th birthday, now presented as a memorial offering by colleagues, students, friends, and admirers. With a portrait in heliogravure, 1 color fold-out map, 1 color hydrographic sketch, and 3 additional plates. VIII, 471 pages. 4°. Original cloth binding. Leipzig, Seele & Co., 1904. - Copies in good condition. - For more on Ratzel, see Gerhard H. Müller: “Friedrich Ratzel (1844–1904) as the Founder of ‘General Biogeography’” (Medizinhistor. Journal 21, no. 1/2, pp. 147–158). - ╔Enclosed╗ is an excerpt from a letter by Ratzel containing his closing salutation: “Goodbye. Warm regards, FRatzel”