Erasme [Desiderus Erasmus]Livre Rare Book
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1780140399Basle, J. Thurneysen 1780 In-8, plein veau époque, dos lisse richement orné de fleurons spéciaux, dentelles et roulettes dorés, roulettes en contreplats, roulettes d’encadrement des plats, filets en coupes, tranches doréesXVI- 392 pp. Portrait gravé par Granicher d’après Hoblein, 82 figures dans le texte, 6 à pleine page. Menus frottements, une attaque de vers en charnière inférieure. Très bon exemplaire agréablement relié, intérieur très frais.
1752565051752 In-16 9 x 15,5 cm. Reliure de l’époque pleine basane racinée, dos lisse orné de fers dorés, 4 + XXIV + 222 pp., frontispice, page de titre avec vignette, 8 planches hors texte, lettrines et cul-de-lampe. Coiffes usées, Premiers mors externe fendillé sur 5 cm, intérieur en bon état. Assez bon exemplaire.
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
1796023399New-York: T. and J. Swords. Volume 1 only of 2 volumes. First American Edition. Full leather expertly rebacked with new spine label and volume number. Very early bookplate of Pardon Bowen of Providence possibly the Dr. Pardon Bowen who was born in 1757. Also a hospital library bookplate from Providence. 434 pp. All 6 color plates called for on the final page are present. 1796 on title page and advertisement on final page dated October 1 1796.Occasional slight foxing Very Good. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1796. T. and J. Swords hardcover
179717295New York; Philadelphia: T. & J. Swords Volume 1; T. Dobson Volume 2 parts I and II 1797. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Complete with all half-titles and blanks. With 6 colored plates in Volume 1. Contemporary calf spine labels; text toned due to paper stock. Overall an excellent copy. First American editions of Erasmus Darwin’s important hypothesis on evolution which included discussion of how competition and sexual selection could cause change in species an idea on which his grandson Charles must certainly have drawn. Darwin’s focus here is the functioning of the body and he includes significant sections on anatomy and physiology as well as psychology. He was an early advocate of the inheritance of acquired characteristics similar to what Lamarck later developed. “The Zoonomia contains a system of pathology and a treatise on generation. Darwin believed that ‘one and the same kind of living filaments is and has been the cause of life’†Garrison & Morton.<br /> <br /> Darwin 1731-1802 grandfather of Charles Darwin was a remarkable polymath that worked as a physician naturalists medical botanist and inventor. T. & J. Swords (Volume 1); T. Dobson (Volume 2, parts I and II) unknown
1796072396New York: Printed by T. & J. Swords Printers to the Faculty of Physic of Columbia College No. 99 Pearl-Street 1796. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. Illustrated. First American Edition 1796. Volume I only. This volume delves into attributes of motion anatomy and its functions and diseases across forty chapters. Hardcover in contemporary calf leather. Cover is completely plain including the spine. Includes both half title and title page along with all six hand-colored plates. Indexed. Includes list of plates and advertisement at the back. 8vo. xxxix 434 pp. ESTC W25004. Evans 30312. Cover shows significant wear and damage to the leather 2.25" x 1.25" piece removed on the cover with fastening strings visible above the pastdowns yet hinges are strong and binding is sound. Leaves have toned with some dampstain yet text is quite legible. Occasional closed tears within textblock but text is uncompromised. Colored plates are wonderful. Unmarked except for previous owner's name written several times in dipped ink within the front endpapers one of which is dated June 7 1798. A wonderful copy. Full refund if not satisfied. <br><br>Grandfather of Charles Darwin author Erasmus Darwin 1731-1802 was an English physician and one of the key thinkers of the Midlands Enlightenment. He was also a physiologist natural philosopher inventor poet and abolitionist. <br><br> Printed by T. & J. Swords, Printers to the Faculty of Physic of Columbia College, No. 99 Pearl-Street hardcover
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
172529793<p>Published in London in 1725 this edition presents Erasmus's colloquies in English translation by Roger L'Estrange with additions by Thomas Brown. These dialogues examine themes ranging from religion to education through pointed satirical exchanges. The frontispiece engraving precedes the text. It was printed by Daniel Brown George Strahan and B. Motte. The book's tone mirrors the irony common in humanist literature of the Renaissance. Condition: Good. Bound in full leather with some loss at the cover and hinges; slight movement to the boards though still secure. Text block complete with age toning throughout. Format: 8vo single volume. Collation: 28 404 pp. Illustrations: One engraved portrait frontispiece. References: #29793. PHOTOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.</p> printed for Daniel Brown, George Strahan, B. Motte hardcover
1711007627London: Daniel Brown Richard Sare Charles Brome John Nicholson Benjamin Tooke and George Strahan 1711. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 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. Daniel Brown, Richard Sare, Charles Brome, John Nicholson, Benjamin Tooke, and George Strahan Hardcover
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
1711g213.041GB: Daniel Brown et al. 1711. Frontispiece portrait. No half title. 404 pages. Fairly clean tight text has been recently professionally rebound in full leather with raised bands and title labels. A most presentable item. . Hardback. VG/No DW. Daniel Brown et al. Hardcover
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
1778016378London: Printed By Authority for the Authors and Sold By Alex Hogg 1778. 2 volumes bound in 1. Book measures 35.5x24.cm. Complete with engraved frontis and 80 plates. Bound in period half calf marble boards raised bands gilt lines leather title label. Binding heavily worn with loss of leather on corners loss of marble pattern. Generally binding holding firm. Internally frontis worn one plates with loss on edges some pages with short tears. Pages and plates in good condition. A good copy. . Half Calf. Good Plus. Small Folio. Printed By Authority, for the Authors and Sold By Alex Hogg
1778459172London : printed by authority for the authors; and sold by Alexr. Hogg 1778. First Edition. Hardcover. Good copy only in contemporary leather covered boards with raised spine bands and a gilt-blocked red leather label mounted to the second compartment. Both joints broken with boards detached. Boards somewhat scuffed overall and heavily rubbed at the edges and some minor loss at the corners. Spine leather slightly cracked and with some surface loss at the bottom compartment. Internally very good with some faint foxing as expected of age but a very clean impression overall. Text block remains securely bound to the spine. An internally well-preserved and very serviceable copy overall. Date is suggested. Physical description: 1 unpaginated volume : illustrations ; 37 cm boards 8 cm spine. Notes: Includes list of subscribers. Spine title: ""Middleton's Dictionary."" Title continues: ""Containing A full Explanation of every Art and Science whether liberal or mechanical in which the Difficulties attending a thorough Knowledge of them are clearly pointed out and such Directions given as cannot fail of making their Acquisition easy and familiar to every Capacity Exhibiting among the various other Branches of Literature a copious Elucidation of the following viz. Agriculture Algebra Anatomy Architecture Arithmetick Astronomy Book-Keeping Botany Carving Catoptricks Chemistry Chronology Commerce Conicks Cosmography Dialing Dioptricks Ethicks Farriery Fluxions Fortification Gardening Guaging Geography Geometry Grammar Gunnery Handicrafts Heraldry History Horsemanship Husbandry Hydraulicks Hydrography Hydrostaticks Law Levelling Logick Maritime and Military Affairs Mathematicks Mechanicks Medicine Merchandize Metaphysicks Meteorology Musick Navigation Opticks Oratory Painting Perspective Pharmacy Philology Philosophy Physick Pneumaticks Rhetorick Sculpture Series and Staticks Statuary Surgery Surveying Theology Trigonometry &c. The Whole upon an improved Plan the Marrow and Quintessence of every other Dictionary and Work of the Kind being preserved and their Superfluities and Obscurities entirely omitted. Particular Attention has been given to every Thing valuable in Chambers The Encyclopedie printed at Paris; The Encyclopediae Britannica and other Publications of later Date. Including not only all the valuable modern Improvements which have been made by several eminent Members of the Royal Society the Royal Academy and the Society for the Encouragement of Arts Manufactures and Commerce but also a great Variety of other important Discoveries; which have been made and communicated to the Authors of this Work by some of the most distinguished Characters of this and other Nations. Eminent Engravers and Designers in the several Departments have been engaged at a very great Expence to unite their Abilities in producing the most masterly and superb Set of Copper-Plates representing upwards of One Thousand exact Figures such as Machines Instruments Implements Tools Plans Schemes Animals Vegetables Minerals Fossils and other Articles relative to the Subjects treated of in a Work of the utmost Consequence to Mankind. The Theological Philosophical Critical and Poetical Branches By the Rev. Erasmus Middleton Lecturer of St. Bennet's Grace-Church-Street and of St. Helen's Bishopsgate-Street; The Medicinal Chemical and Anatomical By William Turnbull M. D. Of Wellclose-Square London; The Gardening and Botanical By Thomas Ellis Gardener to the Lord Bishop of Lincoln and Author of The Gardener's Pocket Calendar; The Mathematical &c. By John Davidson Author of A Complete Course of Mathematicks; And the other Parts by Gentlemen of approved Abilities in the respective Branches which they have engaged to illustrate.""Subjects: Middleton Erasmus 1739-1805. Encyclopedias and dictionaries English - Early works to 1800. Science - Early works to 1800. Industrial arts - Early works to 1800. Arts - Early works to 1800. London : printed by authority for the authors; and sold by Alexr. Hogg 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
17581231I073London: J. Whiston and B. White 1758-1760. 1st Edition . Hardback. Printed pages: vi 2 630 2 corrigenda/ads; 2 754. Good. 8.5 x 10.25 inches 21.5 x 25 cm. Complete two volume set. Full calf leather bindings. Spines with five raised bands red morocco title label and black morocco volume label. Double gilt fillet border to boards. Rubbing and scarring to boards. Heavy wear to corners of boards. Wear to ends of spines. Joints cracked but holding with cords front board of Volume II is loose. Volume I with portrait frontis after Holbein and two plates of handwriting specimens. Volume II with five plates mostly handwriting specimens. Bookplate to both front pastedown endpapers Alford Book Club. Light foxing and marking to endpapers clean text throughout. ESTC: T146995. Overall condition is Good. Please Note: This is a very heavy item and international postage will be more than the standard rate - a postage supplement will be requested after the order has been placed. Please contact us for an accurate postage cost for your location. Size: 8.5 x 10.25 inches 21.5 x 25 cm. J. Whiston and B. White hardcover
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
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
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
17918-E14869J Johnson London 1791. Hardcover. Good. Bound in full leather well worn corners bumped. J Johnson, London hardcover
17931132625<p>Ireland: J. Moore 1793. Hardcover. Collectible - Poor/No Jacket. 2 Volumes. Original leather covers in poor condition. Vol. 1 has front cover but it is detached. Vol. 2 the cover has been repaired with cloth spine. Vol. 1 is Economy of Vegetation and Loves of the Plants with philosophical notes. Vol 2 contains The Loves of the Plants A Poem with philosophical notes. Fourth Edition. Author is grandfather of Charles Darwin. Each volume is 8.25x5.5x0.75 with 313 pp total. 2 pounds</p> J. Moore hardcover
179133222London: J. Johnson. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1791. Second Edition. Hardcover. 4to 11" - 13" tall; 214 126 & 202 pages; Contemporary mottled calf with cracked covers both repaired. Small bookplate on inside front cover and old catalog description tipped in. 2nd edition of both parts with all plates. . J. Johnson hardcover
