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Additional authors

1. Nodder, Frederick Polydore, -1800?
2. Holloway, Thomas, 1748-1827.
3. Smith, Anker, 1759-1819.
4. Alken, Samuel, 1750-1815.
5. Blake, William, 1757-1827.

Description

1. 2 v. : ill. (engravings); 28 cm. (4to)

Subject

1. Portland vase
2. Botany > Poetry
3. Natural history

Contents

1. Part I. Containing the economy of vegetation -- Part II. Containing the loves of the plants.

Call number

1. NCL+ (Darwin, E. Botanic Garden. 1791 (2 v.) )

Note

1. Each pt. has special t.p.
2. Published anonymously. By Erasmus Darwin. Cf. Bentley.
3. Part I, [1st ed.] (cf. Bentley) 1791; Part II, "Third edition", 1791--Vol. t.p.
4. Vol. 1 includes 5 plates engraved by William Blake. Cf. Bentley. The other plates are engraved by Anker Smith, T. Holloway, T. Conder, and Frederick P. Nodder, and include an acquatint by S. Alken.
5. "Entered at Stationers Hall"-Pt. 2 t. p.
6. Vol. 1: [iii]-xii, 214, 126, [2] p., [10] leaves of plates (4 folded); v. 2: [2], ix, [1], 197, [1] p., [10] leaves of plates.
7. "Additional notes" to pt. 1 have separate paging and include notes on the Portland vase (p. 53-59 (3d group), leaves of plates [6]-[9]).
8. "Errata in Part I" on p. [1] of last group; "Books published by the Botanic Society of Lichfield": pt. 1, p. [2] of last group; "Errata", pt. 2, p. 197.
9. Includes index (pt. 2).

Indexed in (note)

1. Pritzel, G.A. Thesaurus lit. botanicae
2. Nissen, C. Die botanische Buchillustration
3. Keynes, G. Blake
4. Bentley, G.E. Blake books

Author

1. Darwin, Erasmus, 1731-1802.

Title

1. The botanic garden. ... : a poem. With Philosophical notes.

Imprint

1. London, : Printed for J. Johnson, St. Paul's Church-yard, MDCCXCI. [1791]

Indexed in:

1. Pritzel, G.A. Thesaurus lit. botanicae 2061;
2. Nissen, C. Die botanische Buchillustration 451;
3. Keynes, G. Blake, 103;
4. Bentley, G.E. Blake books, 450A (pt. 1; pt. 2 is variant of 450C)

Local note

1. v.1, Duyckinck.

Connect to:

1. Full text available via HathiTrust--v. 1

Added author

1. Nodder, Frederick Polydore, -1800?
2. Holloway, Thomas, 1748-1827.
3. Smith, Anker, 1759-1819.
4. Alken, Samuel, 1750-1815.
5. Blake, William, 1757-1827.

Research call number

1. NCL+ (Darwin, E. Botanic Garden. 1791 (2 v.) )