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1797310467Philadelphia: Printed by T. Dobson at The Stone House 1797. First American Edition. A New Edition. xxiv 486; 8 539pp. 2 vols. 8vo 8-1/4 x 5-3/4 inches. Original quarter sheep and red leather title labels on spine marbled boards uncut. First American Edition. A New Edition. xxiv 486; 8 539pp. 2 vols. 8vo 8-1/4 x 5-3/4 inches. UNCUT IN ORIGINAL BINDING. "As a physician Erasmus Darwin was widely recognized as England's finest medical doctor. He was asked several times to be personal physician to King George although his lack of respect for the monarchy in general and George in particular made this an easy offer to refuse. Much of the philosophy central to Erasmus Darwin's medical beliefs is laid out in his treatise on animal life Zoonomia. Although his views were loaded down with incorrect 18th-century ideas and assumptions. he was generally able to improve the lives of many of his patients using common-sense ideas such as a balanced diet the practice of basic hygiene and the cleaning and dressing of wounds. He was considered progressive in that he believed in a connection between his patient's state of mind and their general health and was one of the first physicians to espouse sympathetic treatment of mental patients who at the time were kept in deplorable conditions. Most of Zoonomia is made up of a Linneaus-inspired classification of all diseases and treatments known at that time. Erasmus tries to arrange them into distinct species genera families and ultimately into four broad classes: diseases of irritation from external sources sensation such as excess pain or pleasure volition caused by desire or aversion and association where diseases of one organ or system can cause other associated problems" Robert Day. This exercise led Darwin to advance the "first consistent all-embracing hypothesis of evolution" Garrison & Morton: "When we observe the essential unity of plan in all warmblooded animals we are led to conclude that they have been alike produced from a single living filament.". Evans 32017 Printed by T. Dobson, at The Stone House unknown books
1725D15704London: Daniel Brown George Strahan B. Motte and the executors of Richard Sare 1725. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. Contemporary Cambridge style calf professionally rebacked. An uncommon edition. Collates complete with all blanks and all preliminary matter present along with engraved frontispiece portrait. Nice copy. <br/><br/> Daniel Brown, George Strahan, B. Motte, and the executors of Richard Sare hardcover books
1711007627London: Daniel Brown Richard Sare Charles Brome John Nicholson Benjamin Tooke and George Strahan 1711. Bound in early half black calf over black cloth boards five raised bands ruled in gilt and gilt lettering top edge gilt frontispiece engraved portrait of Erasmus 21 404 pp. Very Good a bit of separation at title page leather rubbed at spine and edges top gilt dulled contents clean and free of foxing and toning. . First Edition. Half Calf Over Cloth Boards. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Daniel Brown, Richard Sare, Charles Brome, John Nicholson, Benjamin Tooke, and George Strahan Hardcover books
1726WRCAM23206London 1726. 161142pp. Dbd. Titlepage with some dust soiling. Some light marginal foxing. Else very good. The second edition with additions after the first of the year before. An overview of British commerce from 1688 with consideration of the economic impact of wars with France. With references to American colonial trade silver mines in Peru and the "Asiento" or Spanish slave trading contract. EUROPEAN AMERICANA 726/165. SABIN 62455. GOLDSMITHS 6428. KRESS 3661. unknown books
17981321472New York: Printed by T. & . J. Swords 1798. First American Edition. Hardcover. Octavo 8 xi 5 256 x 11-146 2; VG: bound in period tree calf with gilt border marbled endpapers; newly rebacked with brown leather previous black leather label preserved; the first title page has the ownership name of Mary Livingston dated 1820; Each part has separate t.p.; Part 1 is from the 3rd London ed. part 2 from the 4th; OF consignment; shelved case 0. 1321472. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Printed by T. & . J. Swords hardcover books
1795019670London: Printed for J. Johnson St. Paul's Church-Yard 1795. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. 3rd Edition. Quarto 4to. Part I: 3rd edition printed 1795; xx 200 pages of text. Part II: 4th edition printed 1794; viii 218 pages followed by Additional Notes with 124 pages. Leather spine and corners with marbled paper-covered boards; hinges professionally mended. The spine has two large raised sections and is gilt lettered and decorated. Part I and Part II each contains a frontispiece. The text contains 19 plates including one fold-out and an additional in-text engraving. Previous owner's bookplate and notation on the inside front cover. Two plates are by William Blake Fertilization of Egypt and Tornado with 4 plates of the Portland Vase attributed to Blake but are unsigned. Two plates by Fuseli. Except for a few spots of soiling in the margins the text is clean and unmarked. Height = 285mm 11 1/4. . Printed for J. Johnson, St. Paul's Church-Yard Hardcover books
179143999London: J. Johnson 1791. <p>Darwin Erasmus 1731-1802. The botanic garden: A poem in two parts . . . 4to. xii 214 126 2; 2 ix 197 1pp. General title-leaf misbound before title-leaf to Part II. 20 engraved plates including 5 by William Blake 1757-1827; 2 of the plates are after drawings by John Henry Fuseli 1741-1825. London: J. Johnson 1791. 275 x 207 mm. Half calf gilt marbled boards in period style. Minor foxing and offsetting small marginal stains on two or three plates not affecting the images marginal tears in signature S and one plate repaired but very good. </p> <p> First Edition of Part I; third edition of Part II containing two more plates than the first edition of 1789. Darwin's first major literary work and the chief source of his fame during his lifetime. "The Botanic Garden an annotated scientific poem in Augustan couplets appeared in two parts of which the second The Loves of the Plants 1789 was published before the first The Economy of Vegetation 1791. Darwin decided to publish the second part of the work first because it was better suited ‘to entertain and charm.' The first part of the work is more ambitious than the second covering all natural philosophy and embodying many of the researches and inventions of Wedgwood Watt Boulton and others. The design of the totality was Darwin wrote ‘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. The Botanic Garden is also important for the five plates in Vol. I engraved by William Blake: four engravings of the Portland vase and the "Fertilization of Egypt" after a design by Fuseli. Keynes Blake 103. King-Hele Erasmus Darwin pp. 97-119. </p> . J. Johnson unknown books
180036911London 1800. First Edition. 4to pp. Illustrated with 12 engraved plates including one folding and one double page. Bound in contemporary 3/4 calf piece nicked from the bottom of the spine some foxing couple of plates with water stain plates foxed. Generally a very clean copy. Author Kenneth Robert's copy with his bookplate. Henrey 615; Nissen 452; King-Hele Erasmus Darwin 58-62; Wheeler Gift 621; McDonald page 224. Erasmus Darwin 1731-1802 was an English physiologist and poet the grandfather of Charles Darwin. A physician in Litchfield UK Darwin kept an 8 acre botanical garden. Darwin's reputation rests on his long poem The Botanic Garden 1789 which anticipates the Linnaean system. It was crude poetry seemingly written in a carriage while Darwin was traveling between patients. He decribed the plants through a misplaced amusing personification . In the present work he described the plants as having sensation and volition. Roberts is best rememebred for his American historical romances ie Trending into Maine Northwest Passage Arundel etc. unknown books
1777D15687London and Paris: Apud Barbou 1777. Hardcover. Near Fine. 16 mo. Contemporary mottled calf; a.e.g. Engraved frontis. Two volumes in one. pp. 169 and 204. A lovely copy in an exceptionally well preserved binding. Housed in a handsome burgundy clamshell box. Formerly in the Thomas More Collection of the College of New Rochelle Library. <br/><br/> Apud Barbou hardcover books
178015591Basel: typis G. Haas ex officina J.J. Thurneisen 1780. 8vo pp. 16355; engraved frontis portrait and 83 woodcut illus. in the text all after Holbein; later full calf small piece missing from top of spine upper joint starting gilt lettered direct on spine. First edition to contain all 83 of the illustrations cut in wood by Heinrich Heitz after marginal drawings by Hans Holbein and his brother Ambrose and perhaps two other unknown artists in a copy of the Basil 1515 edition. <br/><br/> typis G. Haas, ex officina J.J. Thurneisen unknown books
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 books
1751WRCLIT45949Paris 1751. 6xxiv2222pp. Quarto. Full deep plum straight-grain morocco elaborately stamped in blind lettered and ruled in gilt gilt inner dentelles gilt borders on endsheets a.e.g. Title in red and black. Frontis and fourteen engraved plates engraved head- and tail- pieces. Extremities a bit worn narrow scrapes at fore-tips of lower board armorial bookplate on pastedown slight offset from plates to facing pages; a very good copy. First edition of this translation accompanied by notes by Meunier de Querlon. The frontis plates title-vignette and head- and tail-pieces are engraved by various hands after designs by Charles Eisen. This is a large-paper copy 23.8 x 17.4 cm with the fourteen plates inlaid into larger sheets and with the frontis framed and etched by P.F. Martenasie under the direction of "Mr. Le Bas." SALOMONS pp.98-9. COHEN-DE RICCI VI pp.348-9. unknown books
1731042362Amsterdam: L'Honoré 1731. Early Edition. Hardcover Vellum. Very Good Condition. Full contemporary vellum gilt-stamped G.V. W on the front page edges gilt marble end papers modest soiling some small stains to cover. 6 folding plates after Holbein and 75 in text illustrations. Size: Octavo 8vo. Scattered foxing but text mostly clean. Previous owner's inscription in ink neat. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; Philosophy. Inventory No: 042362. <br/><br/> L'Honoré hardcover books
174537491a Amsterdam: chez Francois l'Honore 1745. 6 folding plates 74 wood engravings. xxiv 340 20. 1 vols. 12mo. Full tan contemporary continental calf. some minor loss. Holbein Hans. 6 folding plates 74 wood engravings. xxiv 340 20. 1 vols. 12mo. Erasmus's "Moriae Encomium" with Holbein Plates. This translation of Ersasmus's "In Praise of Folly is the most popular french translation by Nicolas Guedeville c. 1654-1721. The plates after Holbein 1497-1543 are equally famous. Probably a counterfeit imprint Biblio Eras. VII 1908 p. 166 or Lewine p. 170 chez Francois l'Honore unknown books
1713181158Leide.: Pierre Vander Aa. 1713 . 1st French translation. Contemporary full vellum over hard boards handwritten spine title. . Cover very lightly soiled and warped otherwise a remarkably well-preserved copyvery light scattered foxing. 12mo. 16x9.8 cm. . Published by Vander Aa the famous mapmaker with a catalog of books maps and atlases in pp. 297-312. weight: 0.7 lb. 74 text engravings and 6 folding plates after Holbein. 2 frontis engravings. Pierre Vander Aa. hardcover books
1717146426Amsterdam: Wetstein 1717. hardcover. very good. Traduite Nouvellement par M. Gueudeville. Title page in red & black extra engraved t.p. Illustrated with 72 in-text copper- plates and 6 double-page plates. 34 304 16pp. 1 leaf missing p. 47-48 and 1 plate crudely hand-colored. 12mo contemporary calf- backed marbled boards with gilt-decorated spines rubricated edges. Amsterdam: R. & G. Wetstein 1717. Scarce. Very good .<br/><br/> Facing engraved t.p. is a trimmed & mounted plate with portraits of Erasmus More & Holbein.<br/><br/> Wetstein unknown books
174558075Amsterdam: L'Honore 1745. hardcover. very good. Traduit par M. Gueudeville. Rubricated title and edges 2 folding plates and many charming woodcuts within the text after Holbein. 340 pages index 12mo cont. calf rubbed ornately gilt spine. Amsterdam: F. L'Honore 1745. VEry good.<br/><br/> Counterfeit edition with 340pp. See Lewine p. 170.<br/><br/> L'Honore unknown books
1713119302Leiden: Vander Aa 1713. hardcover. very good. Traduite par M. Gueudeville. Title in red & black; Frontispiece and extra engraving trimmed; 4 folding copperplates & a profusion of copperplates in the text all after Holbein. 12mo old vellum worn one of the folding plates torn at fold. Leiden: P. vander Aa 1713. Very good .<br/><br/> Scarce edition includes the publisher's 16pp. list of books maps etc.<br/><br/> Vander Aa unknown books
1777008900Roi Neuchâtel Switzerland: chez Samuel Fauche Libraire du Roi Neuchâtel 1777. First Edition Thus. Half Leather. Very Good /No Dj. engraved plates. Lacking title page but clearly the edition of 1777 of Chez Samuel Fauche Libraire du Roi Neuchâtel with the double frontispiece featuring the portraits of Erasmus Thomas Moore and Holbein. 8vo. rebound in navy half leather over light blue cloth c. early 20th century no title page double engraved frontispieces plus 6 engraved foldout plates 73 half page plates in text and 3 engraved vignettes. Frontis 2 advertissement nouvelle edition 2 translators preface 6 author's preface 6 234 tables 14 and gilt titles and decorations on rasied spine. Small scuff to light blue cloth at front cover a few small stains rear cover. Corners gently bumped and very modestly worn. Binding tight and firm. Text and and plates slightly toned but remarkably unfoxed better than very good condition. chez Samuel Fauche Libraire du Roi Neuchâtel unknown books
1713100202Small 8vo full leather illustrated 312 pp. Binding worn in places top hinge cracked bottom starting one folding plate repaired internally quite clean. Contains 81 illustrations including six folding plates. The text is satire that pokes fun at everyone from Kings to common folk. It is considered one of the great works of satire. The plates are after designs by Hans Hoblien 1497-1543. Pierre Vander hardcover books
17911107614to. London: Johnson 1791. 4to single leaf 197 x 270 mm margins foxed a good strong impression with wide margins matted. § Designed by Fuseli and engraved by Blake for Erasmus Darwin's poem The Botanic Garden. One of Blake’s best-known commercial engravings. The image is of the God Anubis with the head of a dog praying to the star Sirius for rain his legs bestride a river and between them can be seen the winged figure of Jupiter Pluvius Jupiter giver of rain. Essick Commercial Book Illustrations XXI. Only state. Johnson unknown books
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 books
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 books
179541603London: J. Sewell 1795. Plate: 186x110 mm. Margin: 223x131 mm. Light soiling faint foxing edges trimmed. J. Sewell unknown books
1766LV2028Lund Sweden:: Typis Reg. Aul. Camer. & Direct. Reg. Acad. Carolinae Typog. Caroli Gustavi Berling 1766. 1766. Small 4to. 18 pp. Engraved headpiece and initial; small hole on title. Dis-bound. "Withdrawn from Pitts Theology Library" rubber stamp at p. 18. RARE. Very good. Lagerbring 1707-1787 was a Swedish professor and historian becoming a professor of history at Lund University in 1742. He was quite prolific writing on topics ranging from law to theology to philosophy and more. Some of his most important works include De usu et utilitate historiarum 1745 and De fide historica monumentorum islandicorum 1763 and Dissertatio exhibens cautelas de prudenter instituenda historia 1763 in which he discussed historiography and historical method Wikip. WorldCat: 2 copies National Library of Sweden and Pitts Theology Library. This is the copy from the Pitts Theology Library. Typis Reg. Aul. Camer. & Direct. Reg. Acad. Carolinae, Typog. Caroli Gustavi Berling, 1766. unknown books
