Blake william darwin erasmus (6 Ergebnisse)
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Weitere BilderVerlag: Published by J. Johnson 17951794, London, 1795
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In den Warenkorb, Part 1. title page, xx, 218 pages, additional notes [124], with 5 [of 9] plates including frontispiece; Part 2. title page, viii, 200 pages, with 8 [of 10] plates including frontispiece, includes 3 plates by William Blake of the Portland Vase Part 1. Third Edition, Part 2. Fourth Edition , boards detached, spine cracked in 6 p…laces thus textblock in 7 sections, boards and spine well rubbed, library label to front pastedown, vol 1. lacks 4 plates, vol 2. lacks 2 plates, some occasional light marks/spots to margins and plates but text clean, internally good condition in poor binding , original full brown calf Quarto Hardback ISBN.
Weitere BilderVerlag: J. Johnson; Printed by J. Jackson 1789-1791, Lichfield; London, 1789
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In den WarenkorbLeather. Zustand: Very Good. First edition. A particularly desirable pairing of the first editions of Erasmus Darwin"s complete Botanic Garden, transforming botanical science into verse, illustrated with engravings by William Blake after Fuseli. In a contemporary half calf binding with marbled paper boards, later rebacked and re…cornered, with spine labels. First editions of both parts: The Loves of the Plants, although designated Part II, was published first, in 1789; The Economy of Vegetation followed in 1791, completing The Botanic Garden. The second volume is slightly taller than the first. Part II is seldom encountered in its first edition, making its presence here particularly desirable. A fantastic poetic rendering of contemporary botany and science, in which Erasmus Darwin (1731-1802), physician, naturalist, inventor and grandfather of Charles Darwin. In The Economy of Vegetation, Darwin celebrates natural philosophy, invention and technological progress; in The Loves of the Plants, he popularises the Linnaean sexual system of botanical classification through the romances of personified flowers, stamens and pistils. The verse is accompanied throughout by extensive philosophical and scientific notes. Volume I is illustrated with an engraved frontispiece engraved by Anker Smith after Henry Fuseli, and nine further plates, one of which is folding. This copy includes William Blake"s engraving "The Fertilization of Egypt," after a design by Henry Fuseli, depicting Anubis and the Nile; the British Museum identifies the plate as Blake"s work. The four Portland Vase engravings are also by Blake, produced for The Economy of Vegetation. The four Portland Vase plates are bound at variance with the directions to the binder at the rear: "The Whole Vase" facing p. 53, "The First Compartment" facing p. 54, "The Second Compartment" facing p. 55, and "The Handles" facing p. 58, rather than all four facing p. 88 as called for. Volume II is illustrated with aesigned by Emma Crewe and engraved by Samuel Alken, seven further engraved plates and a vignette. The directions to the binder and errata leaf at the end of volume II have been neatly cut down and pasted to the foot of page 184. The first part also includes Darwin"s abolitionist passage inspired by Josiah Wedgwood"s celebrated medallion of the kneeling, chained slave, invoking the appeal: "Are we not Brethren?" Collated, complete. Volume I ESTC No.: T82160 Volume II: ESTC No.: T82159 [4] b2 B4-2E4 A4-S4; [7] B4-Z4 2A2-2B2 In a contemporary half calf binding with marbled paper boards, later rebacked and recornered, with spine labels. Externally, a little worn. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities. Rubbing to boards resulting slight surface loss to paper. Worcester Library bookplate to front pastedowns with contemporary ink annotations, marked "Fourteen Days," to the first volume. Hinges reinforced. Slight ink offsetting to front free endpaper of volume II. Slight discolouration from binder's glue and light scattered spotting to endpapers. Small ink mark to fore edge of front free endpaper of volume I. Internally, firmly bound. Pages characteristically age toned with light scattered spotting, heavier to fore edge, margins of plates, and first and last few leaves, more pronounced to volume I, notably to the frontispiece and pp. 184-202. Discreet archival repairs to the margins of the plates and first leaves of volume I; slight cropping to the margins of the Portland Vase plates. Small closed tear to lower margins of plates facing pp. 58 and 54 in the additional notes of volume I. Slight cockling to fore edge. Minor edge wear resulting in one or two very small closed tears and chips. Directions to the binder and errata leaf to end of volume II, laid down to the foot of pp. 184. Very Good. William Blake; John Henry Fuseli (illustrator). book.
Weitere BilderVerlag: J. Johnson, London, 1799
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In den WarenkorbHardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 4th Edition. "Botanic Garden" by Erasmus Darwin and illustrated by William Blake among others. J. Johnson, London. 1799, fourth edition. Two handsome volumes, bound in full sprinkled calf, with gilt bands, gilt decoration, black title labels and gilt titles to spine. Measuring approx. 22cm x 14.5cm… x 3.5-4cm. There is the occasional minor scuff, else a handsome set. Internally there is a bookplate to inside front board (Hayhurst). Endpapers and reverse of frontispieces are lightly dusty with occasional spots, there is a small amount of pencil to the rear free endpaper and to the list of plates, see images closely. There is a pale mark to base of frontispiece of Part II. Lacking one plate. Occasional pale dusty mark and spot, else in lovely, clean and crisp condition. Fine. There are two engraved frontispieces and a further 19 (of 20) engraved plates (including several by William Blake. Famous two part work, with 21 lovely engraved plates, several by William Blake. "The Botanic Garden, is a set of two poems, The Economy of Vegetation and The Loves of the Plants, by the British poet and naturalist Erasmus Darwin. The Economy of Vegetation celebrates technological innovation, scientific discovery and offers theories concerning contemporary scientific questions, such as the history of the cosmos. The more popular Loves of the Plants promotes, revises and illustrates Linnaeus's classification scheme for plants. [It].was intended to pique readers' interest in science at the same time as educating them. By embracing Linnaeus's sexualized language, which anthropomorphized plants, Darwin made botany interesting and relevant to his readers. In a more daring suggestion, however, Darwin emphasized the connections between humanity and plants, arguing that they are all part of the same natural world and that sexual reproduction is at the heart of evolution (ideas that his grandson, Charles Darwin, would later turn into a full-fledged theory of evolution)." A beautiful set of this famous Blake illustrated work.
Weitere BilderVerlag: J. Johnson, London, 1791
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In den WarenkorbDarwin, Erasmus (1731-1802). The botanic garden: A poem, in two parts . . . 4to. xii, 214, 126, [2]; [2], ix, 197 [1]pp. 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. 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 naturalistLinnaeus'" (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. .
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In den WarenkorbLondon: Johnson, 1795-94. 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-letter…ed 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. § 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. 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.
