DARWIN, Erasmus (1731-1802). The Botanic Garden , London, for J. Johnson 1791, 2 vols. in one, 4°, vol. I first edition, vol. II third edition, engraved frontispieces and 18 plates, 2 after Fuseli, one by Blake (general title and verso of frontispiece to vol. I affected by damp, vol. titles offset), contemporary calf (upper cover detached) [cf. Henrey III, p. 31]; The Temple of Nature, or the Origin of Society, a poem, London, for J. Johnson 1803, 4°, FIRST EDITION, engraved frontispiece and 3 plates after Fuseli (text rather browned), contemporary calf (upper joints v. weak); and a biography of Darwin by Anna Seward; the lot sold not subject to return. (3)
DARWIN, Erasmus (1731-1802). The Botanic Garden , London, for J. Johnson 1791, 2 vols. in one, 4°, vol. I first edition, vol. II third edition, engraved frontispieces and 18 plates, 2 after Fuseli, one by Blake (general title and verso of frontispiece to vol. I affected by damp, vol. titles offset), contemporary calf (upper cover detached) [cf. Henrey III, p. 31]; The Temple of Nature, or the Origin of Society, a poem, London, for J. Johnson 1803, 4°, FIRST EDITION, engraved frontispiece and 3 plates after Fuseli (text rather browned), contemporary calf (upper joints v. weak); and a biography of Darwin by Anna Seward; the lot sold not subject to return. (3)
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