The Botanic Garden, A Poem in Two Parts: containing The Economy of Vegetation and The Loves of the Plants, and, The Temple of Nature or, the Origin of Society

Darwin, Erasmus

Published by Jones & Co., London, 1824

About this Item

Quarterbound hard cover in very good condition. No dust jacket. Tan leather binding with gilt detail to edges, and gilt title, author and date to spine. Complementary cloth to the remainder of the boards. Rebinding is undated and contains the content of the orginal textblooks from 1824, also in very good condition for their age. The new binding follows the arrangement of Darwin's work in volumes but retains the original pagination, therefore pages 1-204 contains The Economy of Vegetation and The Love of Plants. Following on, under pages 1-100 is The Temple of Nature. Finally a number of plates are included; The Beautiful Cupid, The Fertilization of Egypt, The Portland Vase and Tartarian Lamb, The Portland Vase, plus Handle and Bottom of the Vase, Sections of the Earth, Sections of the Strata at St Anthon's Colliery, and four further Botanical plates. The boards are in fine condition, as is the marbled pageblock. Four pencilled references noted on rear original free paper. The initial pages, and the plates at the rear are notably tanned, foxed and marked, but the text within is in extremely good condition; clear, bright and generally unmarked; minor and occasional foxing only. A lovely item; additional photographs or information available upon request. CN.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Botanic Garden, A Poem in Two Parts: containing The Economy of Vegetation and The Loves of the Plants, and, The Temple of Nature or, the Origin of Society
• Publisher: Jones & Co., London
• Publication Date: 1824
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket
• Book Type: Used
• Seller catalogs:
  • Science - Genetics/Biology/Evolution