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1715mon0000160783Leide: Pierre Vander 1715. 1 vol. 6-1/2" x 4". xviii312pp. title page printed in red and black translated by Sir Gueudeville engraved half-title portrait plate depicting Erasme-Morus-Holbein 6 fold-out plates and 73 illustrations in text. Bound in full speckled calf over cords gilt lettered red morocco spine label hinges rubbed covers firmly attached clean and bright throughout. Leide: Pierre Vander unknown
1752D157021752. Hardcover. Fair. 12mo. Contemporary calf; a.e.g. Binding crudely repaired with tape. 4 XXIV 222 pp. This book enchanced with 14 finely engraved plates plates in very good condition. Formerly in the collection of the College of New Rochelle Library with corresponding bookplate and stamps. House in a very handsome burgundy clamshell box with labels lettered in gilt. Sold as is. <br/><br/> hardcover
1757310656Frankfurt: J.A. Raspe 1757. Illustrated with 12 engraved portraits. 8 373; 2 448 pp. 8vo. Later vellum. Faint browning a nice copy. Illustrated with 12 engraved portraits. 8 373; 2 448 pp. 8vo. Later edition of this famous collection of humanist satirical letters illustrated with 12 full-page portraits of prominent humanists. A note in OCLC comments on the long running authorship debate: "Authorship of the Epistolae formerly attributed to Reuchlin Erasmus Hutten and others. More recent researches have made it almost certain that Crotus Rubeanus and Ulrich von Hutten were the main contributors. To Crotus are credited the first 41 letters: to Hutten the 7 letters added later to the original series and most of the 62 letters of the second series with the possible co-operation of a third person Hermann von dem Busche. The authorship of the rest remains doubtful J.A. Raspe unknown
1791D18576London: J. Johnson 1791. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to. Two parts bound as one. Early leather rebacked with modern spine. Complete with 18 plates five of which are attributed to William Blake. This copy with the early ownership signature of Louisa Ponsonby. The hope for the book a scientific poem in two parts Darwin wrote was to enlist Imagination under the banner of Science . . . to induce the ingenious to cultivate the knowledge of botany . . . and recommending to their attention the immortal works of the celebrated Swedish naturalist Linnaeus. Dictionary of Scientific Biography. <br/><br/> J. Johnson hardcover
1761937Q4Basilea : A Spese della Saviezza 1761 . Leather. Good. 6.5" by 4". None. A very scarce work containing French and Italian translations of 'Encomio della Pazzia' or 'In Praise of Folly' by Erasmus of Rotterdam. The first edition thus being the first work to contain the French-Italian translation. Bound in full calf with the boards rebacked. A French and Italian translation with each language's text on facing pages. Originally published in 1509 'In Praise of Folly' or 'Encomio Della Pazzia' is a satirical attack on various traditions present in European society as well as on the Western Church. It is considered to be one of the most important works of the Renaissance leading the way for the Protestant Reformation. Written by Dutch humanist Catholic priest and theologian Desiderius Erasmus or Erasmus of Rotterdam. It is believed that this work was originally penned at the estate of Sir Thomas More during a week-long visit. Translated here by Nicolas Gueudeville. Illustrated with a frontispiece containing 'L'Eloge de la Folie' and portraits of Erasmus and Morus. Collated complete.With a twenty-four page unpaginated index to the rear. Bound in full calf with the boards rebacked. Endpapers renewed no half titles. Externally sound with rubbing to the extremities heavier to the spine and joints. Front hinge a touch strained but holding firm. Pencil inscription to front endpaper. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. One very small worm hole to the margin of the first 135 pages not affecting text. Good A Spese della Saviezza hardcover
1726D15688Cambridge: Corn. Crownfield 1726. Hardcover. Good. 8 xxxi 1 list of plates and errata 386 cxliv - Appendix 8 - index engraved frontispiece and 19 engraved plates 5 of which are folding - list of cuts calls for the frontispiece and 16 plates all of which are present along with 3 additional plates which are not on the list <br />at pages 335 350 and 355. Pages 348-349 are repeated in the pagination but the text is continuous. Later calf inner joints repaired rather crudely but text is quite clean. Housed in a very handsome burgundy clamshell box. Formely in the collection of New Rochelle College Library with white ink lettering at base of spine and bookplate inside. <br/><br/> Corn. Crownfield hardcover
174564270Amsterdam: Francois L'Honoré 1745. Nouvelle édition." 12mo 15.5cm. Disbound now in later cream paper wrappers titled in gilt on spine all edges stained red; xxiv34020pp; with 5 folding plates lacking the sixth numerous in-text woodcuts and an engraved portrait of Erasmus cut out and laid down on title page verso. Title page printed in two colors. Occasional minor chips to leaf edges closely trimmed and lacking one plate but otherwise pleasing: Good only. <br /> <br /> Erasmus's famous lampoon of religion tradition and superstition also known as Moriae Encomium or In Praise of Folly was published in 1511 and quickly became popular. An edition with illustrations by Hans Holbein the Younger was published in 1515-16; the illustrations in this edition are based on Holbein's work. This edition is a French translation by Nicolas Gueudeville 1652-1721 likely bearing a false imprint. 64270. Francois L'Honoré unknown
17653871765. Very Good . handcolored copperplate engraving on fine chain-linked paper 8 x 11cm signed in the plate from Lavater on Physiognomy ca.1765. Verso: handcolored head of a man in profile. No bleed-through of illustration on verso. unknown
1734LV2704Amsterdam :: Aux Depens de la Compagnie 1734. 1734. Two volumes. 12mo. 20 396; 2 419 1 pp. Text in both Latin and French. Title printed in red & black. 21 engraved plates 1 folding being a genealogical tree St. Francis at the foot of the cross bearing the forty relations of Saint Francis with Christ. Original full gilt-stamped calf; joints worn corners showing. Very good. First Illustrated edition. A vicious attack on Catholicism. / "Not only did he fight for the Protestant cause as a preacher and theologian but he was almost the only member of Luther's party who was able to confront the Roman Catholics with the weapon of literary satire. In 1542 he published a prose satire to which Luther wrote the preface Der Barfusser Monche Eulenspiegel und Alkoran a parodic adaptation of the Liber conformitatum of the Franciscan Bartolommeo Rinonico of Pisa in which the Franciscan order is held up to ridicule. This drew reactions from Catholic scholars such as Henricus Sedulius who published the Apologeticus aduersus Alcoranum Franciscanorum pro Libro Conformitatum which criticized Alberus' arguments in this satire." Wikip. See: GTU BJRT 2016. Berkeley Journal of Religion and Theology Vol.2 No. 2. Berkeley CA: Berkeley Journal of Religion and Theology. p. 89. / Weller attributes this to being printed in Paris. The text was translated by Conrad Badius. Martin Luther contributed a preface. / Bernard Picart or Picard was a French draughtsman engraver and book illustrator in Amsterdam. Aux Depens de la Compagnie, 1734. unknown
17951262351795. London: Johnson 1795-94. <br /> <br /> 2 vols. in one 4to xx 218 124 2 directions to binder and advertisement; 2 viii 200 2 directions to the binder lacking the errata and ads pp. With a frontispiece to each volume ten plates in vol. I and 8 in vol. II. Early half calf marbled boards newly rebacked in calf with gilt-lettered label. A very good copy if a little aged -- early manuscript note loosely inserted about the Portland Vase copied from the Morning Chronicle c. 1796.<br /> <br /> § Best edition. 6 plates are engraved by Blake the best known being Fertilization of Egypt and Tornado both after Fuseli. The third edition of part one is the only edition to include the striking Tornado plate. At page 87 appears the enigmatic circular image of an African man in chains titled "Am I not a man and a brother." Bentley 450B and C. Essick William Blake's Commercial Book Illustrations XXI.<br /> The Morning Chronicle was a newspaper founded in 1769 in London. It was notable for having been the first steady employer of essayist William Hazlitt as a political reporter and the first steady employer of Charles Dickens as a journalist. unknown
176648644Kjøbenhavn Kongl. Wáysenhuses Bogtrykkeri 1766. 4to. Samtidigt helldrbd. over træ. Ryg og permer med blindtryk.Permer med spejl. Bindet med brugsspor. Hjørner slidte 2 lukkestroppe defekte. 8710;6142 pp. Første og sidste blade med brugsspor. Indvendig ganske velbevaret. unknown
178855161Kjøbenhavn Kongl. Wáysenhuses Bogtrykkeri 1788 1780. 4to. Samtidigt helldrbd. over træ. Permer rigt blindtrykt. Ryg med ophøjede bind. Slid ved kapitæler. En smule skindtab ved midterste rygfelt. Med en af to lukkestroppe i skind og messing. 8710;6142 pp. Anhæng 88 pp. Indvendig ren. På fribladene nogle gamle ejerindskrifter. unknown
1784049713Lichfield: John Jackson for Leigh and Sotheby 1784. First Edition. Hardcover rebound in cloth. Very Good Condition. Rebound in modern cloth light browning and chipping to untrimmed page edges; lightly used and a very good copy with 11 engraved plates. Partially unopened pencil notes to front endpaper in vol 1 ownership signature to half and full titles. Separate title dated 1784 for the An Alphabetical Catalogue of English and Scotch Names of Plants. ii lvi 34 424; 425-897 blank 32pp.<br /> <br /> This first translation of Linnaeus the Younger's Supplementum Plantarum 1782 which was meant to continue his father's works Genera Plantarum 1737 and the 1753 Species Plantarum as well as Johan Andreas Murray's 13th edition of Linnaeus' Systema Naturæ which he titled Systema Vegetabilium 1774. Erasmus Darwin conceived the project and enlisted Joseph Bans and Samuel Johnson - Linnaeus the younger reportedly sent an advance copy of his work for their project.<br /> <br /> This is the first edition in the English language. Size: Octavo 8vo. 2-volume set complete. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Science & Technology; Botany; Inventory No: 049713. John Jackson for Leigh and Sotheby hardcover
1723D15677York: Printed by Charles Bourne 1723. Second edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 16 mo. pp. 231. Full contemporary English calf; a bit worn with some later strengthening to the spine; still quite nice overall. Formerly in the College of New Rochelle Library and housed in its handsome burgundy clamshell box with labels lettered in gilt. <br /> <br/><br/> Printed by Charles Bourne hardcover
17911277661791. First Edition. BLAKE William engraver DARWIN Erasmus. The Botanic Garden; A Poem in Two Parts. London: J. Johnson 1791 1791. Two volumes in one. Quarto contemporary full brown mottled calf rebacked burgundy morocco spine label. $3300.First edition of Part I third edition of Part II of Erasmus Darwin's chief poetical work illustrated with two engraved frontispieces and 18 plates one from a painting by Henry Fuseli five engraved by William Blake.""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. Part I 'The Economy of Vegetation' involves a far-reaching survey of science and technology with significant sections on evolutionary theories and numerous footnotes on electrical phenomena. Part II 'The Love of the Plants' is a 'single-minded catalogue of vegetable sex-life"" Norman. Darwin describes plant reproduction according to the Linnaean system ""by means of a most ingenious and amusing personification of each plant and often even of the parts of the plant. It is significant that botanical notes are added to the poem and that its eulogies of scientific men are frequent"" Britannica. Darwin's Garden is also important for the five plates in Part I engraved by William Blake: ""The Fertilization of Egypt"" engraved after the painting by Henry Fuseli and four engravings of the Portland Vase. Darwin the grandfather of Charles is notable for his ""exposition of the form of evolutionism afterwards expounded by Lamarck"" DNB. Inexplicably Part II was published first in 1789 here present in the 1791 third edition; Part I followed in 1791 present in the first edition. Wilson 343. Hunt II lxvii. Nissen 451. Bentley 450A. Keynes 103. Bookplate; early ink shelf markings to front flyleaf.Occasional spotting or offsetting from plates to text. Some wear to corners and board edges. A very good copy. unknown
1798167893Philadelphia: Printed by John Ormrod 1798. A "determined stand against the nearly universal belief that women ought to be feather-brained and feeble-bodied" First US edition of Darwin's treatise on the education of women presented here in a well-preserved contemporary binding. This copy's title page is signed in a contemporary hand by one "Eliza Phelan". Although Darwin ultimately sought to educate women so as to make them useful companions for men his was a more equal "different but complementary" conception of the male-female relationship than was commonly held ODNB. The Plan advocated the creation of dedicated schools for girls where such subjects as botany and experimental philosophy would be taught. "In retrospect the most important feature of the book is his determined stand against the nearly universal belief that women ought to be feather-brained and feeble-bodied. He was taking the first crucial step along the path that has led to sexual equality and feminism" King-Hele p. 284. Darwin wrote from the start with practical applications in mind: the work originated as advice to his two illegitimate daughters for whom he had bought a converted inn to run as a school for girls. It is perhaps for this reason that the work has been described as "the most appealing of Darwin's prose publications" ibid. p. 282. The Plan was originally published in Derby in 1797: the US edition was published a year later with Darwin's slender tract bound with the unrelated Rudiments of Taste a work which had been published several times before in Philadelphia and London over the previous decade. Duodecimo 168 x 99 mm. Engraved frontispiece numerous engraved head and tailpieces in the text. Contemporary speckled sheep smooth spine ruled in gilt forming 5 compartments red morocco label to second. Late 19th-century book label of one "Jean Rouche" to front pastedown. Small hole to foot of spine very light bumping and wear to extremities small ink stain to p. 38 over text without affecting legibility slight separation within gatherings I-N: a very good copy. ESTC W27662. Desmond King-Hele Erasmus Darwin: a Life of Unequalled Achievement 1999. unknown
1797D19679DERBY: J. Drewry for J. Johnson 1797. First Edition. Paperback. Near Fine. 4to. 128 pp. including half-title. With engraved frontispiece of the grounds of Ashbourne School. ORIGINAL WRAPPERS. Housed in attractive custom box. Written for his two illegitimate daughters who were known as the Misses Parker Darwin covers a number of topics in this treatise on female education. "Education should draw the outline and teach the use of the pencil; but the exertions of the individual must afterwards introduce the various gradations of shade and colour must illuminate the landscape and fill it with the beautiful figures of the Graces and Virtues" preface. He recommends science subjects for girls as well as visits to factories and foundries. Also included is a fifteen-page list of recommended books for studying further one of the many subjects touched upon here. Darwin 1731-1802 grandfather of Charles Darwin was a poet naturalist as well as a prominent physician. He assisted in setting up the Ashbourne School and in furtherance of his belief in the importance of intellectual pursuit for all. He had this work published by Johnson an important radical bookseller of the period who was responsible for among many other works Wollstonecraft's Vindication of the Rights of Women. <br/><br/> J. Drewry for J. Johnson paperback
179817365<p>Philadelphia: Printed by John Omrod 1798 First American edition of this educational classic that shows the influence of Rousseau on the work of Erasmus Darwin 1731 – 1802. First published in London the previous year. Included in this edition is an American printing of Mrs. M. Peddle's Rudiments of Taste a popular conduct book was first published in London in 1789 and in the United States in 1790. Contemporary tree sheep with red morocco spine label. Gilt-ruled spine. Twelvemo. Separate title-page for Mrs. M. Peddle's The Rudiments of Taste. Some wear to binding and a couple cracks to sheep on upper board. Quite a fresh copy despite some foxing to first few leaves and some slight toning throughout. A very good tight copy of a fragile book. Darwin wrote the present work after helping his daughters Susan and Mary Parker establish a boarding school for young women in 1794. Here he draws on the theories of Rousseau Locke and Genlis to advocate for the education of women in schools in topics like philosophy the natural sciences history art manufacturing and language. Darwin believed that women should be educated for the purpose of becoming better wives and companions to men but promoted progressive notions that women's education would take place in well-resourced schools rather than in the home and that women should be educated in the concepts of finance industry and manufacturing. In Peddle's The Rudiments of Taste "Classical influence blends with Christian…Peddle recommends reading ancient and modern history travels biography science and good poetry not novels which leave their readers incapable of 'relishing anything superior'" Blain Grundy and Clements eds. The Feminist Companion to Literature in English p. 841.</p> Printed by John Omrod,
17971978Derby: J. Drewry 1797. First edition. Contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards; spine ruled in gilt with red morocco label; all edges dyed yellow. Boards and spine rubbed; some chipping along edges. Original stab holes visible in gutter margins. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown; ink signature of Mary Wolley to front free endpaper; light foxing. Quarto collates complete with half title and engraved frontispiece: viii 9-128. Bound with: Fosbrooke T.D. The Economy of Monastic Life. Glocester: Printed by R. Raikes 1792. First edition dedicated to Edward Jenner who is also listed as a subscriber. Internally a copy in excellent condition.<br /> <br /> The grandfather of the illustrious Charles Darwin Erasmus Darwin wrote this treatise on the education of young women to support his own daughters' school at Ashbourne. Darwin's treatise takes a comprehensive view of women's education suggesting that it should reach beyond social skills such as the "perpetual appearance of attention" polite dancing and flattering dress and into formal intellectual pursuits including literature history mathematics and the natural sciences. While he promoted women's education in part to improve the likelihood of companionate marriages Darwin's text tentatively acknowledges that a marital partnership can only function happily when both parties have an intelligent understanding of the world and the ability to participate in it. "A radical campaigner for equality he condemned slavery supported female education and opposed conventional Christian ideas on creation" Farra. With a bookplate from the library of the Wolley family this particular copy has the ownership signature of female reader Mary Wolley. J. Drewry unknown
179541603London: J. Sewell 1795. Plate: 186x110 mm. Margin: 223x131 mm. Light soiling faint foxing edges trimmed. J. Sewell unknown
180039083Paris: L'Imprimerie De Digeon. 1800. Hardcover. Near Fine. Experience the pleasure of reading and appreciating this actual printed item. It has its own physical history that imbues it with a character lacking in ephemeral electronic renderings.; 12mo; iv 412 pages; Translated by Deleuze. Suivi de notes et de dialogues sur la poesie par J. P. F. Deleuze. This botanical poem "The Loves of the Plants" is a description of Linnaeus' sexual system of classification in verse. It comprises the second part of a famous work by Erasmus Darwin grandfather of Charles Darwin titled The Botanic Garden. Perhaps to the surprise of modern readers this didactic poem was immediately popular as the study of botany was quite fashionable within the higher social circles who found the poetic form appealing. This is the First French edition which was published in An VIII 1800. The book is bound in half vellum over marbled boards with gilt lettering at the spine and all edges tinted green. . L'Imprimerie De Digeon hardcover
1800D18575London: J. Johnson 1800. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 4to. 19th century diced gilt-ruled calf. With 12 finely engraved plates. This copy has a nice provenance with early ownership signature of James Law a Lichfield resident as was Erasmus Darwin. Later bookplate of Marshall Laird to front pastedown. The content of this marvelous book ranges from a poem on broccoli to a detailing of the struggle for existence xix.7; a struggle that his grandson Charles would elaborate on sixty years later. <br/><br/> J. Johnson hardcover
1800142097London: Printed for J. Johnson 1800. viii 612pp. Quarto 220 x 270mm. Contemporary calf with gold gilt decorations to the spine and gilt lettering stamped to a black moroccoo spine label. Illustrated with 12 engraved plates 2 folding 9 with an accompanying non-paginated text leaf. Some rubbing and wear to the boards with the top corners a bit bumped. Previous owner's inscription: "REVD. WILLIAM. RUSH. CHURCHILL 1775-1847 of Colliton Dorchester". Ex-libris of Darwin bibliographer Richard Freeman. Some offsetting and light foxing to the plates otherwise a tight and clean copy. A very good copy of this work by the grandfather of Charles Darwin with an interesting provenance. Erasmus Darwin was a well known English physician having turned down the opportunity to be a physician to the King at one point as well as a natural philosopher physiologist slave-trade abolitionist inventor and poet. 1800 Printed for J. Johnson hardcover
180010635London: J. Johnson 1800. FIRST EDITION. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards. faded covers title page has a large cut out probably where exlibris was does not affect any letters. Interior generally clean with some browning to plates From the library of Algernon Peckover with bookplate. Paper is slightly blue shade. Fore edges with light stamp of University of Colorado`. First edition of Darwin’s valuable work on agriculture and gardening. The work is important for the understanding of plant physiology photosynthesis and plant nutrition. Darwin recognized here for the first time the key roles that nitrogen phosphorus and carbon played in plant growth. An advocate of progressive scientific agriculture Darwin stressed the continuity between plant and animal life.<br /> <br /> Darwin 1731-1802 grandfather of Charles Darwin was a remarkable polymath that worked as a physician naturalists medical botanist and inventor. He expounded one of the earliest theories of evolution and described the importance of sexual selection to continuing changes within species. In the present work Darwin laid the foundation of scientific agriculture by showing the productivity of crops could be increased. J. Johnson unknown
17918-E14869J Johnson London 1791. Hardcover. Good. Bound in full leather well worn corners bumped. J Johnson, London hardcover
