‎Erasme‎

‎Cragin; F. W.; & Erasmus Haworth; Prof. H. S. S. Smith; Prof. F. H. Snow; et. al‎

‎Transactions of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Annual Meetings of the Kansas Academy of Science 1881-82 : Vol VIII Volume 8‎

‎Topeka: Kansas Publishing House 1883. A solid copy. Spine chipped. Light corner wear. Inner hinges are firm. Internal condition is Near Fine. Illustrated with line drawings. Bound in the original brownish cloth with gilt titles. Includes: The Coal Fields of Cherokee County by Erasmus Haworth; A Preliminary List of Fossils Found in Riley County by S. C. Mason; The Igneous Rocks of Kansas by Robert Hay; Meteorological Summary for the Year 1881 and 1882 by Prof. F. H. Snow; Observations of Comet "B" 1882 by Prof. H. S. S. Smith; Lists of Lepidoptera and Coleoptera Collected in New Mexico by Prof. F. H. Snow; On the Moths Collected by Prof. Snow in New Mexico by A. R. Grote; A Contribution to the History of the Fresh-Water Copepoda by F. W. Cragin pp66-80 8 pages of plates; ornithology; etc. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good condition. 8vo. 85pp 8 pages of plates. Kansas Publishing House Hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 009361

‎Cromwell Smith Erasmus‎

‎El equilibrista III: La magia de la vida Spanish Edition‎

‎Erasmus Press. New. Special order direct from the distributor Erasmus Press unknown‎

Référence libraire : ING9781733028929 ISBN : 1733028927 9781733028929

‎Cromwell Smith Erasmus‎

‎The Equilibrist‎

‎Erasmus Press 2018-06-01. Paperback. Good. 8.5000 inches 5.5000 inches. Erasmus Press paperback‎

Référence libraire : mon0001912736 ISBN : 0999830023 9780999830024

‎Cromwell Smith Erasmus‎

‎The Equilibrist‎

‎Erasmus Press. Used - Like New. 2018. Paperback. Fine. Erasmus Press paperback‎

Référence libraire : ZZ0022836 ISBN : 0999830023 9780999830024

‎Croom DD Rev'd Dr. Erasmus St. Jude‎

‎Curious Pleasures: A Gentleman's Collection of Beastliness‎

‎Virgin Books 2008. Hardcover. Very Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read but remains in excellent condition. Pages are intact and are not marred by notes or highlighting but may contain a neat previous owner name. The spine remains undamaged. At ThriftBooks our motto is: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Virgin Books hardcover‎

Référence libraire : G1905264135I4N00 ISBN : 1905264135 9781905264131

‎D'Angelis Erasmo‎

‎La Conquista dell'Acqua. Dai Laghi Preistorici alla Gestione del Bene Comune‎

‎Firenze: Polistampa 2012. Firenze 2012; ril. pp. 288 ill. b/n e col. cm 24x31. Una guida corredata di immagini straordinarie per entrare nel complesso e affascinante mondo dell'acqua facendosi sorprendere dalla storia idrica del nostro territorio in gran parte sconosciuta. Scritto in occasione del decimo anniversario della nascita di Publiacqua l'azienda pubblica pi� grande della Toscana il volume si muove su tre livelli con l'obiettivo di raccontare il passato descrivere il presente e far immaginare il futuro. Il lettore scoprir� che differenza c'� fra l'acqua dei laghi preistorici che coprivano la piana occupata oggi da Firenze Prato e Pistoia e quella che esce dai rubinetti delle case o dai fontanelli nei parchi. Oppure cos'� cambiato da quando scorreva nei canali scavati dagli etruschi o lambiva i ponti romani azionava i mulini medievali o zampillava nei giardini dei Medici. Legger� infine la storia delle straordinarie trasformazioni ambientali e urbanistiche culturali e sociali attraverso la chiave di lettura dell'acqua i suoi usi per la vita e la sua potenza distruttiva il faticoso passaggio dalle prime rudimentali opere all'attuale moderna gestione integrata. Polistampa unknown‎

Référence libraire : 2592134 ISBN : 8859611962 9788859611967

‎D. F. S. Thomson Desiderius Erasmus RAB. Mynors R. A.‎

‎The Correspondence of Erasmus: Letters 298-445 1514-1516: 3 Collected Works of Erasmus‎

‎Toronto: Univ of Toronto Press pp. 392 ""Volume 3 contains Erasmus' surviving correspondence from August 1514 to August 1516 including one letter by Erasmus never before published in a collection of his correspondence. There are one hundred and fifty–one letters from this period more than survive from the whole of the first forty years of his life. They range in… 1976. First edition. Hardcover. Good/Very Good. Larger 8vo. Univ of Toronto Press hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 147325 ISBN : 0802022022 9780802022028

‎da Rotterdam Deriderio Erasmo.‎

‎I Colloqui.‎

‎Milano:: Feltrinelli Editore 1959. Cloth in Slipcase. Very Good in Very Good DJ. 788 pp. 8vo. Cloth hardcover in slc. Italian text. Some very light foxing & shelfwear toboards & spine; sunning discoloration to spine ends. Slight shaking but binding sturdy. Pictorial pds & eps. Interior quite clean; sticky note papers scattered to middle pgs. Illustrated w/ full-color plates. Light discoloration & shelfwear to slc. Feltrinelli Editore, hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 47517

‎DAMME Daniel van, conservateur.‎

‎Une heure a la Maison d'Erasme et au vieux beguinage d'Anderlecht. Preface de Joseph Bracops, Bourgemestre d'Anderlecht.‎

‎in-16°, pp. 64 con 16 ill. f.t. e alcuni disegni n.t. Leg. in cartonato edit. con velina titolata in sovrac. Lievi bruniture del tempo e piccola mancanza alla velina di sovrac. in alto. Buono l'interno, salvo leggera brunitura del tempo.‎

‎Daniel Erasmus‎

‎The Last Fall of Babylon‎

‎Xulon Press 2003-02-21. Paperback. Used:Good. Xulon Press paperback‎

Référence libraire : DADAX1591604095 ISBN : 1591604095 9781591604099

‎Daniel N Erasmus‎

‎Tax Intelligence: The 7 Habitual Tax Mistakes Made by Companies‎

‎Xlibris Corp 2010-05-22. Paperback. Used:Good. Xlibris, Corp paperback‎

Référence libraire : DADAX145006874X ISBN : 145006874X 9781450068741

‎Daniel N. Erasmus‎

‎Tax Intelligence‎

‎Xlibris Corporation 2010-05-22. Hardcover. Used:Good. Xlibris Corporation hardcover‎

Référence libraire : DADAX1450068758 ISBN : 1450068758 9781450068758

‎DARWIN Erasmus - Traduction par DELEUZE Joseph, Philippe, François‎

‎LES AMOURS DES PLANTES, poème en quatre chants ; suivi de notes, et de dialogues sur la poésie. Ouvrage traduit de l'anglais de Darwin; par J.P.F. Deleuze‎

‎Paris De l'imprimerie de Digeon, An VIII 1800 in 12 1 volume reliure demi basane rouge ancienne, dos lisse orné de filets et fleurons dorés, pièce de titre de cuir noir, faux-titre, titre, 412 pages, petite trace de mouillure dans la marge supérieure de quelques feuillets. Edition originale de la traduction française. Erasmus Darwin, Elston 1731-Nottingham 1802, Poète et naturaliste britannique. Bon exemplaire ( Photographies sur demande / We can send pictures of this book on simple request )‎

‎Bon Couverture rigide‎

Référence libraire : 19411

‎DARWIN Erasmus‎

‎Phytologia of the Philosophy of Agriculture and Gardening - Édition originale rare.‎

‎With the theory of draining morasses and with an improved construction of the drill plough. By Erasmus Darwin, M.D.F.R.S. author of Zoonomia, and of the Botanic Garden.Contents.Introduction.Part the firt. Physiology of vegetation.sect.I. Individuality of the Buds of Vegetables. II. Their Absorbent Vessels. III. Their Umbilical Vessel. IV. Their Pulmonary Arteries and Veins. V. Their Aortal Arteries and Veins. VI. Their Glands and Secretion. VII. Their Organs of Reproductions. VIII. Their Muscles, Nerves, and Brain.Part the second. Economy of Vegetation.IX. The Growth of Seeds, Buds, and Bulbs. X. Manures, or the Food of Plants. XI. Of draining and Watering Lands. XII. Aeration and Pulverisation of the Soil. XIII. Of Light, Heat, Electricity. XIV. Diseases of Plants.Part the third. Agriculture and Horticulture.XV. Production of Fruits. XVI. Production of Seeds. XVII. Production of Roots and Barks. XVIII. Production of Leaves and Wood. XIX. Production of Flowers. XX. Plan for disposing a Part of the System of Linneus into more Natural Classes and Orders.Appendix. Improved Construction of the Drill Plough.Édition originale rare. London, Johnson 1800. 612 pp + index + 12 planches (dont 2 repliées). Ex-libris aux Armes de la bibliothèque de Bellotti S.Reliure pleine basane marbrée de l'époque. Dos lisse orné et doré avec pièce de titre. Roulette dorée sur les coupes. Quelques pâles rousseurs sans gravité. Petit accident à la coiffe supérieure. Exemplaire exceptionnel pour ces planches. Bon état. Format in-4° (27x22).‎

‎ANONYME‎

Référence libraire : 14595

‎DARWIN, Erasmus‎

‎The Botanic Garden; A Poem in two Parts‎

‎London, printed for J. Johnson, 1791, in-4, Front, XII-214-126-[2] pp, 9 pl. dont 1 depl.; front, [2]-IX-197 pp, 9 pl, Reliure ancienne, dos lisse, plats de veau brun rapportés, Célèbre poème scientifique du grand père de Charles Darwin, Erasmus Darwin (1731-1802). Cet exemplaire comprend la première édition de la première partie (The Economy of Vegetation) et la troisième édition de la deuxième partie (The Loves of the Plants), enrichie de deux planches supplémentaires par rapport à la première édition de 1789. Le Jardin botanique fut publié de manière inversée, selon le souhait de l'auteur, qui fit d'abord paraître la seconde partie de l'ouvrage (1789 et 1790), la jugeant plus apte à divertir et charmer. Comme dans les autres oeuvres d'Erasmus Darwin, ce poème contient un grand nombre d'informations scientifiques souvent avancées. La première partie, plus scientifique, couvre la philosophie naturelle et fait état de nombreuses recherches et inventions contemporaines, telle que l'histoire du cosmos. En seconde partie, l'auteur explique le système de la reproduction sexuée de Linné avec les propriétés remarquables de certaines plantes en particulier. L'aïeul de Charles postule que la reproduction sexuelle est au coeur des changements et des progrès de l'évolution, tant chez les humains que chez les plantes. Cette conception d'une transformation progressive des espèces appartient aux sciences de la reproduction et rejoint les théories pré-évolutionnistes qui sont apparues à l'aube du XIXe siècle (Laniel-Musitelli). Néanmoins, son petit-fils, Charles, déclara que la théorie d'Erasmus n'avait pas eu d'effet sur L'origine des espèces. Le Jardin botanique est également précieux pour son illustration, qui comporte deux frontispices, 18 planches et une vignette dans le texte : 5 des planches du volume I ont été gravées par William Blake, soit 4 gravures du vase de Portland et la planche de la Fertilisation de l'Égypte, d'après un dessin de Johann Heinrich Füssli (Henry Fuseli), célèbre peintre du Cauchemar. Ex-libris gravé de Marcus Jacobson. Coins et dos anciennement refaits. Épidemures sur les plats. Légères rousseurs et salissures sur les premiers feuillets. Garrison & Morton n° 8921. Sophie Laniel-Musitelli, "Erasmus Darwin : naissance du transformisme dans le texte poétique". In Bulletin d'histoire et d'épistémologie des sciences de la vie, 2011/1 (Volume 18), p. 25-40. Couverture rigide‎

‎Bon Front., XII-214-126-[2] pp.,‎

Référence libraire : 93718

‎DARWIN (Erasmus).‎

‎Zoonomie, ou Lois de la vie organique, par Erasme Darwin, Docteur en Médecine, Membre de la Société royale de Londres, Auteur du Jardin botanique, etc. Traduit de l'anglais sur la troisième Édition, et augmenté d'Observations et de Notes, par Joseph-François Kluyskens, Professeur de Chirurgie à l'École élémentaire de Médecine, et Chirurgien en chef des Hôpitaux civils de Gand, Membre correspondant de la Société de l'École de Médecine de Paris, et de plusieurs Sociétés savantes.‎

‎A Gand, chez P. F. de Goesin-Verhaeghe; rue Haute-porte, n°229, 1810-1811. 1810 4 vol. in-8° (212 x 138 mm.) de: I. [3] ff. (faux-titre, titre, épigraphe); 20 pp. (préface du traducteur); [1] f. (titre de la première partie); 23 pp. (reprise de la pagination à 19, préface de l'auteur); [1] p. (table); 614 pp.; [1] p. (errata); 3 planches aquarellées ; II. [2] ff. (titre, table); 659 pp.; [2] pp. (errata, avis au relieur); 4 planches (3 aquarellées, 1 gravée); III. XIV pp. (titre, titre de la deuxième partie, préface de l'auteur); 586 pp.; 3 planches gravées; IV. [1] f. (titre); 570 pp. (dont table); 1 planche dépliante gravée. Un total de 11 planches (dont 1 dépliante et 6 à l'aquarelle). (Corps douvrage très frais). Demi-basane d'époque, plats recouverts de papier marbré, dos lisses ornés, titre et tomaison de maroquin noir, tranches jaspées. (Quelques petites rousseurs).‎

‎Première édition en français, traduite de l'anglais par Joseph-François Kluyskens et due à Erasmus Darwin (E.O. : 1795 et 1799). Le présent ouvrage est considéré comme son uvre principale pour ce qui touche aux sciences naturelles et à la médecine. Erasmus Darwin (1731-1802) est un poète, médecin, botaniste et inventeur britannique. 70 ans avant les travaux de son célèbre petit-fils et face au créationnisme alors dominant, il amorce de façon significative les réflexions sur l'origine de la vie et son évolution. Médecin, il exerce son art avec un grand succès à Lichfield. On a de lui un poème célèbre, le Jardin botanique (1781), divisé en deux parties, intitulées : l'Économie de la végétation et les Amours des plantes, et un ouvrage fort original, la Zoonomie ou Lois de la vie organique (1794) : il y classe les maladies de l'homme d'après une méthode analogue à celle adoptée par Carl von Linné (1707-1778, naturaliste suédois) pour les plantes, et les explique toutes par l'excitabilité, comme Thomas Brown (1785-1862, naturaliste et un malacologiste britannique). Dans cet ouvrage, de même que dans le poème posthume The Temple of Nature, il expose des idées évolutionnistes. Sa curiosité le conduit à s'interroger sur les raisons de la présence de coquillages fossilisés présents au fond des mines ainsi que sur le développement des bactéries qu'il observe au microscope. Il mène également des recherches sur les nuages. Dans ses travaux et sa réflexion, il en vient à remettre en cause la doctrine alors dominante du créationnisme. Il fait jouer un rôle à la sélection sexuelle dans l'évolution des espèces, idée que son petit-fils soutiendra lui aussi et qui intitulera Zoonomia le premier manuscrit de l'Origine des espèces. Également inventeur dans divers domaines, Erasmus Darwin laisse cependant d'autres s'attribuer certaines de ses inventions, craignant pour sa réputation en tant que médecin. On lui attribue ainsi :le moulin à vent horizontal de Josiah Wedgwood (grand-père d'Emma Wedgwood, épouse de Charles Darwin) ; un type de chariot qui ne se renverse pas (1766) ; une machine parlante (1771) ; l'ascenseur à caisson du canal à charbon du Somersetshire ; un dispositif géométrique de liaison dans la direction d'un véhicule (1758), préfigurant la géométrie directionnelle d'Ackermann ; un puits artésien ainsi que divers appareils de météorologie. Le traducteur, Joseph-François Kluyskens, décrit cette oeuvre de Darwin comme telle: Faire connaître les lois qui gouvernent tous les corps organisés ; réduire toutes ces lois qui ont rapport à la vie organique en classes, ordres, genres et espèces, et les faire servir enfin à l'explication des causes des maladies ; tel fut le but que se proposa le Docteur Darwin lorsqu'il composa la Zoonomie, ouvrage sublime qui lui a coûté plus de vingt années de travail, et les plus profondes méditations (Préface du traducteur, vol. 1). Louvrage est illustré de 11 planches, dont plusieurs rehaussées à laquarelle, représentant la rétine et le spectre oculaire. A noter l'impressionnante gravure du fauteuil pour corriger la distorsion de la colonne vertébrale. Rare exemplaire dont ne dénombre que 2 exemplaires passés en vente ces 50 dernières années. Bel exemplaire conservé dans sa reliure dépoque. 4 vol. 8vo (212 x 138 mm.) of : I. [3] ff. (faux-title, title, epigraph); 20 pp. (preface by the translator); [1] f. (title of the first part); 23 pp. (resumption of pagination at 19, preface by the author); [1] pp. (table) ; 614 pp. ; [1] p. (errata); 3 watercolor plates; II. [2] ff. (title, table) ; 659 pp. ; [2] pp. (errata, notice to the binder); 4 plates (3 watercolors, 1 engraved); III. XIV pp. (title, title of the second part, preface by the author) ; 586 pp. ; 3 engraved plates ; IV. [1] f. (title) ; 570 pp. (including table) ; 1 engraved folding plate. A total of 11 plates (including 1 folding and 6 in watercolor). (Body of the book very fresh). Contemporary half-basane, boards covered with marbled paper, spines decorated with smooth edges, title in black morocco, edges speckled. (A few small freckles). First edition in French, translated from English by Joseph-François Kluyskens and due to Erasmus Darwin (E.O.: 1795 and 1799). The present work is considered to be his main work on natural sciences and medicine. Erasmus Darwin (1731-1802) was a British poet, physician, botanist and inventor. Seventy years before the work of his famous grandson and in the face of the then dominant creationism, he significantly initiated reflections on the origin of life and its evolution. As a physician, he practiced his art with great success in Lichfield. He wrote a famous poem, the "Jardin botanique" (1781), divided into two parts, entitled "l'Économie de la végétation" and "Amours des plantes", and a very original work, the "Zoonomie ou Lois de la vie organique" (1794): he classifies the diseases of man according to a method similar to the one adopted by Carl von Linné (1707-1778, Swedish naturalist) for plants, and explains them all by excitability, like Thomas Brown (1785-1862, British naturalist and malacologist). In this work, as well as in the posthumous poem "The Temple of Nature", he exposes evolutionary ideas. His curiosity led him to question the reasons for the presence of fossilized shells at the bottom of mines as well as the development of bacteria, which he observed under a microscope. He also conducted research on clouds. In his work and his reflection, he came to question the then dominant doctrine of creationism. He gave a role to sexual selection in the evolution of species, an idea that his grandson would also support and even entitled "Zoonomia" the first manuscript of the Origin of Species. Also an inventor in various fields, Erasmus Darwin allowed others to take credit for some of his inventions, fearing for his reputation as a doctor. He is credited with: Josiah Wedgwood's horizontal windmill (grandfather of Charles Darwin's wife Emma Wedgwood); a type of carriage that does not tip over (1766); a talking machine (1771); the Somersetshire Coal Canal box elevator; a geometric device for linking the direction of a vehicle (1758), prefiguring Ackermann's directional geometry; an artesian well; and various meteorological devices. The translator, Joseph-François Kluyskens, describes Darwin's work as follows: "To make known the laws which govern all organized bodies; to reduce all these laws which relate to organic life into classes, orders, genera, and species, and finally to make them serve as an explanation of the causes of disease; such was the aim which Doctor Darwin proposed to himself when he composed Zoonomy, a sublime work which cost him more than twenty years of work, and the deepest meditations (translated from french). The work is illustrated with 11 plates, several of them enhanced with watercolors, representing the retina and the ocular spectrum. Note the impressive engraving of the chair "to correct the distortion of the spine" (translated from french). Rare and beautiful copy, preserved in its original binding, of which only 2 copies have been sold in the last 50 years.‎

Référence libraire : 4956

‎Darby Erasmus Foster‎

‎Idy the Fox-Chasing Cow‎

‎Chillicothe OH: Dave Webb Private Press 1954. Tall tale about a rabbit-killing fox-hunting jersey cow her exploits & fate; originally published in the Columbus Sunday Dispatch Magazine. Stapled pamphlet rather pretty floral wallpaper covers with rubberstamped titling in black. Light wear chip short tear and crease to lower front; paper tanned. Text clean; 8 pages only two and a quarter of actual text; charming b/w frontispiece by Emily Webb. First Thus. Staple Bound Pamphlet. Good. Illus. by Emily Webb. 5�" by 8�". Dave Webb Private Press Paperback‎

Référence libraire : u3091

‎Darby Erasmus Foster‎

‎Patience. an Ohio Folk Tale‎

‎Circleville Oh.: Ross County Historical. Very Good. 1955. Hardcover. Originally published in The Columbus Dispatch 1955; Reprinted by Ross County Historical as part of the Ohio Valley Folk Tale Research Project; light soil to wraps; otherwise VG . Ross County Historical hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 15620

‎Darby Erasmus Foster‎

‎TEMPORARY THAD‎

‎Private Press of Dave Webb 1955. Soft Cover. Good. Stamm Chuck. Originally published in The Columbus Sunday Dispatch Magazine November 28 1954. Has or may have minor wear and soil to covers. CLEAN TEXT. Thank you for your purchase from Sunset Books! Help Promote World Literacy GIVE a Book as a GIFT!! In stock Ships from Ohio. WE COMBINE SHIPPING ON MULTIPLE PURCHASES!!!! Please see pictures. Private Press of Dave Webb paperback‎

Référence libraire : 001753

‎Darby Erasmus Foster‎

‎The Vegetarian Mosquito An Ohio Folk Tale‎

‎Cillicothe Ohio: Ohio Valley Folk Tale Research Project 1954 Stapled decorative wraps with title slip stapled to front panel. 6pp. Wraps partially 1/3 separated at bottom. Ohio Valley Folk Tale Research Project unknown‎

Référence libraire : 775

‎Darby Erasmus Foster‎

‎Patience. an Ohio Folk Tale‎

‎Circleville Oh.: Ross County Historical. Very Good. 1955. Hardcover. Originally published in The Columbus Dispatch 1955; Reprinted by Ross County Historical as part of the Ohio Valley Folk Tale Research Project; light soil to wraps; otherwise VG . Ross County Historical hardcover books‎

Référence libraire : 15620

‎Darwin Charles Darwin Erasmus University of Leeds. Library‎

‎Experiments establishing a criterion between mucaginous and purulent matter : and An account of the retrograde motions of the absorbent vessels of animals bodies in some diseases 1780 Hardcover‎

‎2020. Hardcover. New. Lang: - eng Pages 142. Reprinted in 2020 with the help of original edition published long back 1780. This book is Printed in black & white Hardcover sewing binding for longer life with Matt laminated multi-Colour Dust Cover Printed on high quality Paper re-sized as per Current standards professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. If it is multi volume set then it is only single volume if you wish to order a specific or all the volumes you may contact us. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. Any type of Customisation is possible with extra charges. Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions. hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 1111006861224

‎Darwin Erasmus‎

‎A plan for the conduct of female education in boarding schools private families and public seminaries. 1798 Leather Bound‎

‎2019. Leather Bound. New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden Leaf Printing on round Spine. Reprinted in 2019 with the help of original edition published long back 1798. This book is printed in black & white sewing binding for longer life Printed on high quality Paper re-sized as per Current standards professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. If it is multi volume set then it is only single volume if you wish to order a specific or all the volumes you may contact us. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions. Lang: - eng Pages 316. EXTRA 10 DAYS APART FROM THE NORMAL SHIPPING PERIOD WILL BE REQUIRED FOR LEATHER BOUND BOOKS. FOLIO EDITION IS ALSO AVAILABLE. hardcover‎

Référence libraire : LB1111005326677

‎DARWIN Erasmus.‎

‎A Plan for the Conduct of Female Education in Boarding Schools.‎

‎Derby: Printed by J. Drewry for J. Johnson 1797. The education of women Quarto 266 x 206 mm. Contemporary sprinkled calf rebacked red morocco label gilt roll-tooled border to covers. Engraved frontispiece with tissue-guard. Burnished and a little worn at tips title page washed letterpress consequently faded and reinforced at edges frontispiece and title page a little stained a few pages a little creased and foxed. A very good copy. First edition of Erasmus Darwin's treatise on the education of women advocating a curriculum to include grammar languages arithmetic history and science. The work originated as advice to his two illegitimate daughters Susanna and Mary Parker for whom he had bought a converted inn to run as a school for girls. Though still aiming to produce informed companions for men the strong focus on scientific subjects ran counter to many other contemporary proposals for female education. A Dublin and a Philadelphia edition followed the subsequent year. ESTC T110944. Derby: Printed by J. Drewry for J. Johnson, unknown‎

Référence libraire : 126077

‎Darwin Erasmus‎

‎A Plan for the Conduct of Female Education in Boarding Schools‎

‎Derby: J. Drewry 1797. First edition. Contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards; spine ruled in gilt with red morocco label; all edges dyed yellow. Boards and spine rubbed; some chipping along edges. Original stab holes visible in gutter margins. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown; ink signature of Mary Wolley to front free endpaper; light foxing. Quarto collates complete with half title and engraved frontispiece: viii 9-128. Bound after Fosbrooke T.D. The Economy of Monastic Life. Glocester: Printed by R. Raikes 1792. First edition dedicated to Edward Jenner who is also listed as a subscriber. Internally a copy in excellent condition. The grandfather of the illustrious Charles Darwin Erasmus Darwin wrote this treatise on the education of young women to support his own daughters' school at Ashbourne. Darwin's treatise takes a comprehensive view of women's education suggesting that it should reach beyond social skills such as the "perpetual appearance of attention" polite dancing and flattering dress and into formal intellectual pursuits including literature history mathematics and the natural sciences. While he promoted women's education in part to improve the likelihood of companionate marriages Darwin's text tentatively acknowledges that a marital partnership can only function happily when both parties have an intelligent understanding of the world and the ability to participate in it. "A radical campaigner for equality he condemned slavery supported female education and opposed conventional Christian ideas on creation" Farra. With a bookplate from the library of the Wolley family this particular copy has the ownership signature of female reader Mary Wolley. J. Drewry unknown‎

Référence libraire : 1978