Phytologia; or the philosophy of agriculture and gardening. With the theory of draining morasses, and with an improved construction of the drill plough.
Erasmus Darwin (1731 - 1802)
Category
Books
Date
1800
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 3186191
Summary
Bibliographic description
viii,612[i.e.630],[12]p.,XIIplates. ill. 4to. Former shelfmark: F.h.8. With occasional pencil marks in the margin. Provenance: Nineteenth-century small armorial bookplate: Calke Abbey library [associated with Sir George Crewe, 8th Baronet (1795-1844)]. Binding: Nineteenth-century full diced calf, gilt greek-key rule forming a border, gilt edges. Recessed cords, gilt tooling on spine. Black leather spine label, lettered in gilt: "Darwin's Phytologia". Marbled endpapers, edges sprinkled blue.
Makers and roles
Erasmus Darwin (1731 - 1802), author