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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
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
1725at052.340GB: J. Darby Etc. 1725. DISBOUND TEXT No covers. This item consists of a detached title page bit worn at edges a 16 page preface and a main text of 608 pages. In fact pages 289-304 are not present and are not called for. At end is an index leaf and an advert leaf. There is no halftitle or frontispiece. The text has been collated complete and is tight but some signs of wear and age. Suitable to rebind. . Good. J. Darby Etc. unknown
1733018309London: J.J. and P. Knapton etc 1733. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. SECOND Edition. Pp. 4.16.592. Rebound in recent boards with label to spine. All pages present some spotting and toning tightly bound. J.J. and P. Knapton etc Hardcover
1784026479London: R. Denham 1784. Book. Fair. Leather. 512 pp. Full leather with gold decorative tooling around the edges of the boards; maroon title plate and decorative gilt on spine. Marbled end papers. Frontispiece plus twelve plates. Rear board detached and front board hanging by a thread. Spine is flecking leather but title is legible. Extremities worn and leather is cracked. Text block is tight and unmarked. Expected foxing throughout but very legible and overall very good condition. Size: 8vo. R. Denham Hardcover
1779066721J. W. Parsham 1779. First Edition. Hardback. Very Good. 1779 1st ed. Volume 1 only of 4 . 520 pages. illustrated with 10 plates some with tissue guards . John Wickliffe John Huss Zuinglius Martin Luther Paulus Fagius John Bradford Nicholas Ridley Thomas Cranmer Philip Melancton Peter Martyr Full brown calf leather with burgundy title plate. J. W. Parsham hardcover
1779030118London: Alex. Hogg / R. Denham/ Erasmus Middleton / Printed By J W Pasham 1779 1780 1784 1779. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fair. Three Of Four Volumes Issued 1779-1784. X 520 With 13 Plates; Iv 512 With 13 Plates; Iv 512 Pp. With 12 Plates. Volume I 1779 Volume Ii 1780 And Volume Iii 1784. Vols. I And Ii In Matching Old Calf Morocco Spine Labels Worn And Dried But Intact Vol I Lacking Rear Endpapers And Rear Board; Volume Iii In Quarter Calf Five Compartments Rebacked With Original Spine Laid Down Very Worn Front Cover And Prelims Through Contents Page Are Detached But All Volumes Complete. Many Portrait Plates By Thomas Trotter Engraved After Original Paintings And In A Few Cases Original Medallions. Text Pages Clean And Complete Ownership Signatures Of American Rev. James J. Woolsey In Vols I And Ii With Ownership Signature Of Elizabeth Taylor Dated 1799; Bookplate Of Esther Fuller Maitland Later The Wife Of Ridley Herschell Father Of Lord Herschell In Volume Iii; Huntington Library Duplicate Stamps On Rear Endpapers. Short Biographies Two To Six Pages Good Minute Biographies Of Their Lives And Achievements. Very Scarce: Worldcat Only Locates A Few Institutional Holdings Most Consisting Of Only Partial Sets. Sold Only As A Group I Would Like To Buy A Volume Iv With Clean Undamaged Pages. International Shipping By Usps Insured Prority Or Express Mail At Cost. <br/> <br/> Alex. Hogg / R. Denham/ Erasmus Middleton / Printed By J W Pasham 1779 1780 1784 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
17911909160005Germantown PA: Michael Billmeyer 1791 . First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 18th century Pennsylvania Binding Germantown Imprint Bound by Christopher Hoffmann in contemporary brown calf over wooden boards. Blind ruled coner fleurons brass corner bosses. Lacking clasps. 4to 21 x 17 cm. All edges red. viii. 785 3 pp. "This work which was first posthumously printed in 1672 reflects the religious views of the Schwenkfelders. In typography paper and binding this reprint ‘at the expense of United Friends’ is a very creditable piece of bookmaking." - Evans 23975. Christopher Hoffmann of Philadelphia County. He was a Schwenkfelder minister as well as a binder and much of the work was for his congregation. The tools he used to make blind-stamped decorations were unlike those of his German contemporaries; they may have been acquired second-hand from an Irish source. Refs: Maser 16a; Papantonio 9. Arndt 803. Anabaptist tract. Germantown, PA: Michael Billmeyer hardcover
179132645Germantown:: Michael Billmeyer. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1791. First American Edition. Hardcover. Thick royal 8vo; 8 785 3 pages; The Schwenkfelders were an Anabaptist group. Original publisher's binding . Contents good with light aging. Front gutter cracked but firmly affixed. Nice copy. Old newspaper picture of a nobleman glued inside front cover with cyptic comment. . Michael Billmeyer, hardcover
179132646Germantown:: Michael Billmeyer. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1791. First American Edition. Hardcover. Thick royal 8vo; 8 785 3 pages; The Schwenkfelders were an Anabaptist group. Original publisher's binding . Contents good with light aging. Covers uncracked and firmly affixed. Very nice copy. A few moderate water stains. . Michael Billmeyer, hardcover
1791539715Germantown Pa.: Michael Billmeyer 1791. Hardcover. Very Good. First American edition. Quarto. 8 785 3pp. Contemporary mottled calf with the original clasps and catches. Front joint partially cracked at head of spine lacking both free endpapers title page and first few text pages moderately toned a few scattered small stains very good overall with both clasps fully functional. A well-preserved copy in the original binding printed at Germantown in Philadelphia. Michael Billmeyer hardcover
179154200Germantaun: Michael Billmeyer 1791. First American edition 4to pp. 8 785 3; vignette title woodcut ornaments; contemporary full calf over boards original clasps and catches intact; some browning of the text a few early fore-margins neatly reinforced; a very good sound copy. Originally published in Sulzbach Germany in 1672. Reflects the religious views of the Schwenkfelders a small Anabaptist sect founded in Silesia in the 16th century. Arndt 803; Evans 23975. Seidensticker p. 129. Sabin 102503. Michael Billmeyer unknown
179135047Germantown Philadelphia: Billmeyer Michael Printer. . Very Good with no dust jacket. 1791. Hardcover. 4to contemp calf; expertly and handsomely restored. Lacking free endpapers mostly marginal dampstaining. Complete. Arndt 803; Evans 23975. . (Billmeyer, Michael, Printer. ) hardcover
1787345526Colonia / Venezia 1787. First Italian Edition. Hardcover. Good. 24mo 5" - 6" tall. A fetching little volume indeed and quite scarcely available to the trade; O.C.L.C. locates only one copy in America at U.C.L.A. one copy in Canada and two copies in The Netherlands. Only a single volume is currently available on-line. Bound quite handsomely in contemporary full vellum binding with gilt design and gilt lettering on the spine stamped into a burgundy leather label. Half-inch split to front joint at bottom else remarkably stiff and sturdy. Colonia is the stated place of publication but other sources say Venice. 206 pp. First Edition in Italian of the most famous work of Erasmus of Rotterdam. This work was translated probably by Raffale Pastore known as a translator of various Greek and Latin classics. The book feels marvelous in the hand. No publisher listed.Member I.O.B.A. C.B.A. and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes and for sets. hardcover
171248094Ulmae Ulm: Sumptibus Danielis Bartholomaei M DCC XII 1712.- 7 h. 869 p. 11 h. y 88 p. de la segunda obra con el mismo pie de imprenta y fecha: Grabado al cobre alegórico in frontis; 8º 173 x 115 cm; Portada a dos tintas; Sig. :7 A-Z8-Aa-Zz8-Aaa-Kkk8 / a-e8 f4; Texto en latín; Enc. de la época en Pergamino rígido a la romana lomo con título rotulado a mano cortes pintados y un ex-libris grabado al cobre de "Ex Bibliotheca Christiani Friederici Schnaussii" grabado por J. B. Gans al verso de la tapa anterior.- RARO. La encuadernación firme y fuerte aunque con diversas señales del tiempo. Al verso de la tapa anterior tienenunas notas manuscritas otra pequeña notita manuscrita en la portada. Por lo demás el interior del libro se encuentra limpio y sin ninguna mancha reseñable. El grabado del frontis tiene una pequeña reparación por detrás sin importancia. El título del libro va manuscrito sobre un tejuelo de pergamino en la cabecera del lomo. Dicho esto que es preceptivo se puede considerar el libro como en muy buen estado. Este libro contiene los Coloquios una especie de manual de cultura clásica para la vida renacentista así como el famoso Elogio de la Locura con un prefacio de Tomás Moro. LITERATURA Y ESTUDIOS LITERARIOS EXTRANJEROS DE LOS SIGLOS XVI-XXI Libro en latín Danielis Bartholomaei hardcover
1729S6981<p>In Latin. Hard cover 14x21 cm 1278424 pp.; net weight 950 gr.</p> Adrianum Beman & Samuelem Luchtmans hardcover
171235884Ulm Dan. Bartholomaeus 1712. 8vo. Contemp. full vellum. Title written in ink on spine. Engraved frontispiece. 1486923 pp. 88 pp. hardcover
171450910Zürich 1714. nunc emendatoria cum omnium notis. Ditio novissima accurata Einband d.Zeit.Eine Schliesse fehlt. Alte Besitzereinträge auf Innendeckel u.Vorsatzbl. Bodmer 16°. Ldr. Philosophie unknown
1729QQ0220Apud Adrianum Beman Samuelem Luchtman 1729. ~1st edn thus 5th rev edn 1st impr. Early binding in half vellum grey paper to boards. Raised bands and green gilt label to spine. 8vo 12.9 x 20cm. Moderate soiling to boards. Hinges sound. Marbled endpapers in French Curl pattern uncracked at gutters. Replacement front and rear blank endpages. Additional engraved title page signed ''P. P.''. Old repair to top margin of engraved t.p. where loss to top margin has been repaired with laid paper. Two small areas of loss to engraved t.p. where owners'' signatures have been vigorously removed one to repaired top margin & one to title cartouche in image with small impact on lettering. Printed title page in red & black with publisher''s insignia. Minor additions to the engraved t.p.: lettering added to the open book laid before Erasmus and companions. On verso of engraved t.p. some outlines of the image on recto have been sketched in pen. Multiple annots to printed t.p. some careful English translations of title and the rest inscriptions by George and Joshua Berkeley: signature of Joshua Berkeley; inscription ''hic liber pertinet ad Gulielmum Berkeley. Datuli a fratre Joshua Berkeley'' and ''Geo: B:-y His Book / Oct. 17 1749 / Tuesd: Evening''. This very likely records the possession of the book by three brothers Joshua Berkeley 1743-1807 Dean of Tuam William Berkeley d. 1814; Prebendary of Ballyhooly Cloyne; and George Berkeley 1737-1804 Vicar Choral of Cork & Precentor of Killala. Their father was Robert Berkeley 1698-1787 younger brother of George Berkeley 1685-1753 the philosopher and Church of Ireland bishop of Cloyne after whom UC Berkeley is named. It is tempting to imagine that the ''Geo: B: -y'' of the t.p. inscription might be the elderly Bishop Berkeley himself but it is more likely to be his nephew the young George Berkeley who in 1749 would have been 12 or 13 and who seems to have taken inscribing his book seriously even noting the time of day. A fair amount of neat pen underlining to the first 15pp. of the Colloquies with a couple of marginal notations the letter ''W''. Minor ink smudge to p. 40 pencil emendations to pp. 300 & 721 slight scattered foxing. Pen trials to final p. of index not affecting text. With life of Erasmus & index. Haeghen Bibliotheca Erasmiana p. 42. ~Robust packaging. Tracking can be added to overseas orders on request. Used books are exempt from USA tariffs. 1st edn thus. Hardcover. Very Good. 14 784 22pp. Apud Adrianum Beman, Samuelem Luchtman Hardcover
1760855P26London: J. Bonwicke; C. Hitch & L. Hawes; B. Dod J. Rivington; et al 1760. Leather. Very Good. 7.5" by 4.5". None. A Latin edition of the praised dialogues of Desiderius Erasmus and important work of Christian Humanism. ESTC citation number T138061In Latin.Portrait frontispiece to adhered to the front paste down.Register runs as A4 B-Ll8 Mm7.Collated complete.One of Erasmus' best known works 'Colloquies' is a collection of dialogues on a wide variety of subjects such as war religion travel literature sleep and funerals.This edition includes a brief life of Erasmus.Erasmus was a noted Dutch philosopher and Christian scholar one of the greatest scholars of the Renaissance. In a rebacked calf binding. Externally original boards are rubbed and discoloured with a small amount of loss to the extremities. Spine is very lightly rubbed. A few light marks to the boards. Frontispiece is adhered to the front paste down. Bookplate to the front paste down. Spots to the endpapers. Internally firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned with some spots and handling marks. Small ink mark to the margin of pages 27 to 32. Prior owner's ink inscription to the verso of the title. Very Good J. Bonwicke; C. Hitch & L. Hawes; B. Dod, J. Rivington; et al hardcover
172116686London: R. Bonwicke et al 1721. Hardback. A good copy internally in an old worn and torn full leather binding. Worming to margin of first few pages.Ownership inscription dated 1724. Pp.1247115. Frontispiece. Text in Latin. <br/> <br/> R. Bonwicke et al hardcover
