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
Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire
NT 3142084
Summary
Bibliographic description
xii,212,[1],212-214,126,[2]p, plates . ill. . 4to.. Bound uniformly and shelved with Part II (2nd edition, 1790). Provenance: Eighteenth-century armorial bookplate, Curzon impaling Colyear, signature (Strongitharm) illegible: 'Recte et Suaviter' (Franks 7704; Lee's London Bookplates (1985) 193) [Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Baron Scarsdale (1726-1804) m. 1750 Caroline Colyear]. Binding: Eighteenth-century full tree calf binding; recessed cords; spine gilt ruled and spine label gilt lettered: "Botanic garden I".
Makers and roles
Erasmus Darwin (1731 - 1802)