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Title

The

Botanic Garden

A Poem.

In Two Parts.

Part I Containing The Economy of Vegetation.

Part II The Loves of Plants.

With Philosophical Notes

[Two Volumes - Fourth Edition - Full Leather Binding]

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Author

Erasmus Darwin

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Year of Publication

1799

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Publisher

London: Printed for J. Johnson

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Description:

London: Printed for J. Johnson, 1799, Fourth Edition.

Fine full calf leather binding, the fourth edition. In two volumes. With 22 etchings and copper engraved plates, including a frontispiece to each volume.

Plain endpapers; all edges flecked. Folding table facing p.375 of volume I.  Spines a little rubbed, with loss to the top and base of Vol I, page 65 with hole to the middle of the page affecting three words with loss, otherwise good. A pair of poems explaining the classification system of Carl Linnaeus, first published together in 1791, following the great success of an anonymous publishing experiment with 'The Loves of Plants' alone in 1789.

There are two engraved frontispieces and a further 20 engraved plates including several by William Blake. Famous two part work, with 22 lovely engraved plates, several by William Blake.

"The Botanic Garden” is a set of two poems, The Economy of Vegetation and The Loves of the Plants, by the British poet and naturalist Erasmus Darwin. The Economy of Vegetation celebrates technological innovation, scientific discovery and offers theories concerning contemporary scientific questions, such as the history of the cosmos. The more popular “Loves of the Plants” promotes, revises and illustrates Linnaeus's classification scheme for plants. It was intended to pique readers' interest in science at the same time as educating them. By embracing Linnaeus's sexualized language, which anthropomorphized plants, Darwin made botany interesting and relevant to his readers. In a more daring suggestion, however, Darwin emphasized the connections between humanity and plants, arguing that they are all part of the same natural world and that sexual reproduction is at the heart of evolution (ideas that his grandson, Charles Darwin, would later turn into a full-fledged theory of evolution)."

Vol. I – xiii, [i], xvii-xx, 492pp;

Vol. II – xii, [2 plates], [xv]-xvi, 282pp, [2].

Approximately 9 inches tall.

Condition Report

Externally

• Spine – fair to good condition – gilt titles on red labels, four raised gilt bands, five compartments, worn top and tail with some loss to Vol. I, marked and worn.
• Joints – fair to good condition – cracked to the top rear of Vol I and hairline cracked to the rear of Vol II, rubbed and worn.
• Corners – good condition – bumped and worn.
• Boards – good condition – full calf leather boards with gilt borders to front and rear, general marks and signs of wear to both volumes.
• Page edges – good condition – top edges slightly darkened, all flecked.
• See above and photos.

Internally

• Hinges – good condition – intact.
• Paste downs – good condition – plain, both volumes have an armorial book plate on the front paste downs, lightly tanned with some foxing.
• End papers – good condition – plain, tanned with some foxing.
• Title – good condition – lightly tanned with some foxing in both volumes.
• Pages – good condition – b/w frontispiece in each volume, Vol. I has the tissue guard intact, 20 additional engraved plates, including fold out chart facing page 375 in Vol. I, lightly tanned and foxed throughout each volume.
• Binding – good condition – worn contemporary binding.
• See photos

Publisher: see above.
Publication Date: 1799
Binding: Hardback

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