[DARWIN (Erasmus)]

The Botanic Garden; A Poem, in Two Parts. Part I. Containing the Economy of Vegetation. Part II. The Loves of the Plants. With Philosophical Notes.

London: Printed for J. Johnson, 1791. 4to (260 x 205 mm), 2 parts in one, first part the first edition, the second part is a third edition, [4], vii-xii, 214, 126, [2]; [2], ix, [1], 197, [1]pp., engraved frontispieces and 18 plates (5 folding), of which 5 plates by William Blake, occasional offsetting, signatures L & M misbound (part 2), scattered faint spotting, marbled endpapers, contemporary full red morocco, single gilt fillet border to boards, smooth spine, seven gilt tooled bands producing 6 compartments, upper compartment with the Arnold crest - a demi tiger regardant bezanty holding a pheon, next compartment gilt lettered direct, some light rubbing to extremities, otherwise a very nice copy. Epic poetic tribute to the lives, loves, and reproductive capacity of plants by the grandfather of Charles Darwin. Darwin's Botanic Garden is important for the five plates in part I which are engraved by William Blake: 'The Fertilization of Egypt,' engraved after the painting by Henry Fuseli, and four engravings of the Portland Vase. "The chief source of Erasmus Darwin's literary fame during his lifetime, The Botanic Garden contains a great deal of important and frequently advanced scientific information in the nearly 300 footnotes and the 115 pages of appendices to its verses..."— The Encyclopaedia Britannica. Provenance: Armorial bookplate of George Henry Arnold (1791-1844) to font paste-down; later bookplate of Ralph Hermon Major.

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Book number: 39447

Keywords: BINDINGS BOTANY ENGLISH LITERATURE WILLIAM BLAKE POETRY

[DARWIN, Erasmus].

The Temple of Nature or, the Origin of Society; a Poem with Philosophical Notes.

Menston and London: The Scolar Press Limited. 1973 Scolar Press facsimile; 8vo., pp.174,124 (Additional Notes), tan cloth, gilt, b/w frontispiece and one further plate; light foxing to endpapers, tiny closed tear to head of rear blank, light foxing and toning to edges otherwise very good, in an unclipped dust jacket, which has chipping and diagonal closed tear for apx. 24mms to head of spine, slight rubbing to edges, else very good.

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Book number: 38820

Catalogue: LITERATURE

DARWIN, Erasmus.

The Botanic Garden; a Poem, in Two Parts. [1791] in Two Parts (Bound As Single Volume): Part I. Containing &Lsquo;the Economy of Vegetation&Rsquo;; Part II. The Loves of the Plants. With Philosophical Notes.

London: Scolar Press, 1973. Limited facsimile edition, no.414 of 500 copies, second impression of the Scolar Press reprint, 4to., pp.xii,184, vii,214,127(Additional Notes to Part I),ix,197, pictorial green cloth, gilt, t.e.g., b/w plates, including folding plates; slight foxing to fore-edges, slight sunning to spine, light creasing to headband, a near-fine copy. No dust-jacket, as issued.

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Book number: 38759

Catalogue: LITERATURE

Keywords: Gardening; Illustrated

Darwin, Erasmus

The Botanic Garden; A Poem, in Two Parts

Printed by J. Moore 1793-1796 xii, 162, 153, [1]; xvi, 168, 2 engraved plates. . HB. 2 vols in one, 8vo, recent qtr calf, gt, blind stamped flowers to spine. Old faint stains to half-title of Part I. From the library of Michael Bryant, Hampshire ornithologist, with his decorative bookplate.. Erasmus Robert Darwin (1731-1802), grandfather of Charles Darwin, was an English physician and a pivotal figure of the Midlands Enlightenment. The Botanic GardenEconomy of Vegetation, includes notes on meteors, clouds, comets, the steam engine, solar volcanoes, glaciers, winds etc,); Part II - 1796 (4th edition) The Loves of the Plants, poetically elaborates on the Linnaean system of plant classification, and is a hallmark of Darwin's playful and imaginative style. This edition printed in Dublin, differs from its more commonly seen English counterparts, is embellished with two plates by Irish engraver Charles Henecy (fl. 1787-1808). It is an example of the dissemination of Enlightenment thought across the British Isles. A Copy of this Irish edition is held in the British Library.Blanche Henrey 471..

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Book number: A49206

Catalogue: Botany,Botany

Keywords: Botany; Darwin

Darwin, Erasmus; Harris, Stuart (Ed.)

Cosmologia: A Sequence of Epic Poems in Three Parts

Stuart Harris 2002 xiv, 172, . . PB. Vg. Previous owner's name and ink ownership stamp to endpaper.. Comprising Part One: the Economy of Vegetation (1791), Part Two: The Loves of the Plants (1789), Part Three: The Temple of Nature (1803).. [9780954215101]

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Book number: S58777

Catalogue: Botany,Botany

Keywords: Erasmus Darwin; Poetry

DARWIN Erasmus.

GLI AMORI DELLE PIANTE. Poema con note filosofiche di… Medico di Derby. Traduzione dall'originale inglese di Giovanni Gherardini medico in Milano.

Napoli, Marotta, 1817 in-16, pp. XVI, 307, bella leg. p. perg. coeva con doppio tass. al d. Graziosa e curiosa operetta del filosofo e medico naturalista (1731-1802), nonno del più noto Charles. Il ricco e ampio apparato di note al fine contiene moltissime annotazioni di botanica e analizza circa un centinaio di specie di piante richiamate nell'indice al fine. [304]

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Book number: CAT24-188

Catalogue: BOTANICA

Darwin, Erasmus (1731-1802) translated by Giovanni Gherardini

GLI AMORE DELLE PIANTE Poema con Note Filosofiche di Erasmo Darwin medico di Derby. Traduzione dall'originale Inglese di Giovanni Gherardini medico di Milano.

Milan, Paolo Emilio Guisti 3rd italian edition 1818 . Duodecimo (10x16cm) vellum-tipped marbled boards, polished leather spine with gilt title and blind-stamped decorations 335pp (inc. title) +[1]p errata. *A lovely clean copy of this Italian translation of Darwin's very popular English poem (The Loves of the Plants), based on the Linnaean system of plant classification. Darwin and members of the Lichfield Botanical Society had earlier translated Linnaeus' work from Latin into English.

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Book number: V74806

Catalogue: Antiquarian

Keywords: Linnaeus plants botany poem

Darwin, Erasmus

The Poetical Works of Erasmus Darwin, Containing the Botanic Garden, in Two Parts; and the Temple of Nature with Philosophical Notes and Plates. Volume II. Containing the Loves of the Plants

London, J. Johnson, 1806. Softcover. Missing front and rear covers; marble illustrated end papers, bw illustrated frontispiece, XVI (2), 282 pp, color and bw illustrations. Volume 2 only of a 3 volume set, this being The loves of the plants. Good (missing covers, handwritten library number on title page verso, pages have expected light age toning but are otherwise clean and clear, all plates are present, bright and clean) .

Kevin Mullen, BooksellerProfessional seller

Book number: 191865

Catalogue: Natural History Art

Keywords: Natural History Art ; Poetry; Natural History Art; Botany ; ;

DARWIN Erasmus.

ZOONOMIA ovvero Leggi della vita organica di... Medico di Derby...

Napoli, nella stamperia di Angelo Trani, Marotta, 1808-1810 6 voll. in-8, bella leg. unif. p. perg. coeva con doppio tass. ai d. Opera principale del Darwin, fisico e naturalista inglese, in cui vi sostiene che i processi evolutivi avvengono come successione alle reazioni tra organismi viventi e alla competizione per la sopravvivenza. I principi qui esposti saranno fondamentali per la costruzione della teoria evolutiva del nipote Charles, anticipandoli di mezzo secolo. Garrison-Morton 105. Traduzione dall’inglese di Giovanni Rasori, come dichiarato in prefazione. Rara edizione italiana. Manca un tass. al III vol., minimi dif. alle cuffie. [115]

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Book number: CAT25-150

Catalogue: SCIENZE - BOTANICA

Verner, Willoughby/Parker, Erasmus Darwin

Herzog von Cambridge. Militärische Tagebuchblätter Teil I und II. 2 Bände

Karl Siegismund, 1907. Verlag: Karl Siegismund Verlag: Karl Siegismund Einband: Leineneinband. 1980

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Book number: 4B13367

Keywords: Militärbücher