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.
Erasmus Darwin (1731 - 1802)
Category
Books
Date
1791
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Chastleton House, Oxfordshire
NT 3097505
Summary
Bibliographic description
x, [2], xii, 212, [1], 212-214, 126, [6], ix, [1], 197, [1] p., plates . ill.. . 4to.. Wanting Part I title page and Part II frontispiece. Part I frontispiece bound facing general title page. Upper and lower boards disbound, spine torn. Front flyleaf disbound. Remnants of small round label at foot of upper boards. Inscribed in pencil on front pastedown: 'Contains the Blake engraving'; and an ink inscription mostly obliterated. Water stained frontispiece and title page. Provenance: Inscribed in ink on the title page: 'Miss ? Williamsons / ??'. Binding: Eighteenth-century quarter calf, marbled-paper boards (very worn), gold-ruled spine, blind-lettered (possibly wanting spine label).
Makers and roles
Erasmus Darwin (1731 - 1802)