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1803ref. mon0003495342Carlisle for Thomas and Andrews 1803. Hardcover. Good. . 2-volume set bound in full calf. Covers shows wear and rubbing erosion on the corners cracked joints the bottom board of volume 2 is detached but present held w/ string. Contemporary signature of former owner on the first page of each volume which are both detached. Pages are lightly tanned with minor scattered foxing. This edition of Darwin's most important book was published immediately after his sudden death in 1802. Carlisle for Thomas and Andrews hardcover
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1796ref. 072396New York: Printed by T. & J. Swords Printers to the Faculty of Physic of Columbia College No. 99 Pearl-Street 1796. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. Illustrated. First American Edition 1796. Volume I only. This volume delves into attributes of motion anatomy and its functions and diseases across forty chapters. Hardcover in contemporary calf leather. Cover is completely plain including the spine. Includes both half title and title page along with all six hand-colored plates. Indexed. Includes list of plates and advertisement at the back. 8vo. xxxix 434 pp. ESTC W25004. Evans 30312. Cover shows significant wear and damage to the leather 2.25" x 1.25" piece removed on the cover with fastening strings visible above the pastdowns yet hinges are strong and binding is sound. Leaves have toned with some dampstain yet text is quite legible. Occasional closed tears within textblock but text is uncompromised. Colored plates are wonderful. Unmarked except for previous owner's name written several times in dipped ink within the front endpapers one of which is dated June 7 1798. A wonderful copy. Full refund if not satisfied. Grandfather of Charles Darwin author Erasmus Darwin 1731-1802 was an English physician and one of the key thinkers of the Midlands Enlightenment. He was also a physiologist natural philosopher inventor poet and abolitionist. Printed by T. & J. Swords, Printers to the Faculty of Physic of Columbia College, No. 99 Pearl-Street hardcover
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ref. MA03C-03224T. & J. Swords. Collectible - Acceptable. NY: T. & J. Swords 1796. 1st US edition. Volume 1. 8vo Leather Bound. 430pp. Reading Copy. Heavy edgewear and rubbing. Boards detached but present. Pages age toned. Lacking endpapers. Top-edge of title page torn away. Inked and penciled notations to the endpages and to several pages throughout. With typical period foxing. In polypropylene bag. From the collection of American author columnist journalist and presidential speechwriter William Safire. physiology nature evolution Inquire if you need further information. T. & J. Swords hardcover
2018ref. 045394Istanbul: Gece Kitapligi 2018. Soft cover. New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Paperback. Demy 8vo. 21 x 14 cm. Edition in English. 2 volumes set: 567 p.; 677 p. Zoonomia; or the laws of organic life. Vol. 1 & 2. Set. The purport of the following pages is an endeavour to reduce the facts belonging to ANIMAL LIFE into classes orders genera and species; and by comparing them with each other to unravel the theory of diseases. It happened perhaps unfortunately for the inquirers into the knowledge of diseases that other sciences had received improvement previous to their own; whence instead of comparing the properties belonging to animated nature with each other they idly ingenious busied themselves in attempting to explain the laws of life by those of mechanism and chemistry; they considered the body as an hydraulic machine and the fluids as passing through a series of chemical changes forgetting that animation was its essential characteristic. The great CREATOR of all things has infinitely diversified the works of his hands but has at the same time stamped a certain similitude on the features of nature that demonstrates to us that the whole is one family of one parent. On this similitude is founded all rational analogy; which so long as it is concerned in comparing the essential properties of bodies leads us to many and important discoveries; but when with licentious activity it links together objects otherwise discordant by some fanciful similitude; it may indeed collect ornaments for wit and poetry but philosophy and truth recoil from its combinations. The want of a theory deduced from such strict analogy to conduct the practice of medicine is lamented by its professors; for as a great number of unconnected facts are difficult to be acquired and to be reasoned from the art of medicine is in many instances less efficacious under the direction of its wisest practitioners; and by that busy crowd who either boldly wade in darkness or are led into endless error by the glare of false theory it is daily practised to the destruction of thousands; add to this the unceasing injury which accrues to the public by the perpetual advertisements of pretended nostrums; the minds of the indolent become superstitiously fearful of diseases which they do not labour under; and thus become the daily prey of some crafty empyric. Gece Kitapligi paperback
2018ref. 045392Istanbul: Gece Kitapligi 2018. Soft cover. New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Paperback. Demy 8vo. 21 x 14 cm. Edition in English. 567 p. Zoonomia; or the laws of organic life. Vol. 1. The purport of the following pages is an endeavour to reduce the facts belonging to ANIMAL LIFE into classes orders genera and species; and by comparing them with each other to unravel the theory of diseases. It happened perhaps unfortunately for the inquirers into the knowledge of diseases that other sciences had received improvement previous to their own; whence instead of comparing the properties belonging to animated nature with each other they idly ingenious busied themselves in attempting to explain the laws of life by those of mechanism and chemistry; they considered the body as an hydraulic machine and the fluids as passing through a series of chemical changes forgetting that animation was its essential characteristic. The great CREATOR of all things has infinitely diversified the works of his hands but has at the same time stamped a certain similitude on the features of nature that demonstrates to us that the whole is one family of one parent. On this similitude is founded all rational analogy; which so long as it is concerned in comparing the essential properties of bodies leads us to many and important discoveries; but when with licentious activity it links together objects otherwise discordant by some fanciful similitude; it may indeed collect ornaments for wit and poetry but philosophy and truth recoil from its combinations. The want of a theory deduced from such strict analogy to conduct the practice of medicine is lamented by its professors; for as a great number of unconnected facts are difficult to be acquired and to be reasoned from the art of medicine is in many instances less efficacious under the direction of its wisest practitioners; and by that busy crowd who either boldly wade in darkness or are led into endless error by the glare of false theory it is daily practised to the destruction of thousands; add to this the unceasing injury which accrues to the public by the perpetual advertisements of pretended nostrums; the minds of the indolent become superstitiously fearful of diseases which they do not labour under; and thus become the daily prey of some crafty empyric. Gece Kitapligi paperback
2018ref. 045393Istanbul: Gece Kitapligi 2018. Soft cover. New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Paperback. Demy 8vo. 21 x 14 cm. Edition in English. 677 p. Zoonomia; or the laws of organic life. Vol. 2. The purport of the following pages is an endeavour to reduce the facts belonging to ANIMAL LIFE into classes orders genera and species; and by comparing them with each other to unravel the theory of diseases. It happened perhaps unfortunately for the inquirers into the knowledge of diseases that other sciences had received improvement previous to their own; whence instead of comparing the properties belonging to animated nature with each other they idly ingenious busied themselves in attempting to explain the laws of life by those of mechanism and chemistry; they considered the body as an hydraulic machine and the fluids as passing through a series of chemical changes forgetting that animation was its essential characteristic. The great CREATOR of all things has infinitely diversified the works of his hands but has at the same time stamped a certain similitude on the features of nature that demonstrates to us that the whole is one family of one parent. On this similitude is founded all rational analogy; which so long as it is concerned in comparing the essential properties of bodies leads us to many and important discoveries; but when with licentious activity it links together objects otherwise discordant by some fanciful similitude; it may indeed collect ornaments for wit and poetry but philosophy and truth recoil from its combinations. The want of a theory deduced from such strict analogy to conduct the practice of medicine is lamented by its professors; for as a great number of unconnected facts are difficult to be acquired and to be reasoned from the art of medicine is in many instances less efficacious under the direction of its wisest practitioners; and by that busy crowd who either boldly wade in darkness or are led into endless error by the glare of false theory it is daily practised to the destruction of thousands; add to this the unceasing injury which accrues to the public by the perpetual advertisements of pretended nostrums; the minds of the indolent become superstitiously fearful of diseases which they do not labour under; and thus become the daily prey of some crafty empyric. Gece Kitapligi paperback
1797ref. 17295New York; Philadelphia: T. & J. Swords Volume 1; T. Dobson Volume 2 parts I and II 1797. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Complete with all half-titles and blanks. With 6 colored plates in Volume 1. Contemporary calf spine labels; text toned due to paper stock. Overall an excellent copy. First American editions of Erasmus Darwin’s important hypothesis on evolution which included discussion of how competition and sexual selection could cause change in species an idea on which his grandson Charles must certainly have drawn. Darwin’s focus here is the functioning of the body and he includes significant sections on anatomy and physiology as well as psychology. He was an early advocate of the inheritance of acquired characteristics similar to what Lamarck later developed. “The Zoonomia contains a system of pathology and a treatise on generation. Darwin believed that ‘one and the same kind of living filaments is and has been the cause of life’” Garrison & Morton. Darwin 1731-1802 grandfather of Charles Darwin was a remarkable polymath that worked as a physician naturalists medical botanist and inventor. T. & J. Swords (Volume 1); T. Dobson (Volume 2, parts I and II) unknown books
ref. MA03C-03224T. & J. Swords. Collectible - Acceptable. NY: T. & J. Swords 1796. 1st US edition. Volume 1. 8vo Leather Bound. 430pp. Reading Copy. Heavy edgewear and rubbing. Boards detached but present. Pages age toned. Lacking endpapers. Top-edge of title page torn away. Inked and penciled notations to the endpages and to several pages throughout. With typical period foxing. In polypropylene bag. From the collection of American author columnist journalist and presidential speechwriter William Safire. physiology nature evolution Inquire if you need further information. T. & J. Swords hardcover books
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2026ref. LRB28037490Paris: Editions Recreasoft 2026 Sprache: Deutsch. Ca. 595 Seiten. Deutsch : Nachdruck auf Anfrage. Originalausgabe : 1801. Werk auf Deutsch. Diese dritte Ausgabe der "Zoonomie" von Erasmus Darwin 1731-1802 ist ein grundlegendes Werk der biologischen Wissenschaft das die Gesetze des organischen Lebens untersucht. Darwin Großvater von Charles Darwin entwickelt hier seine Theorien über die Evolution und die Natur der Lebewesen. Das Buch ist ein wichtiger Beitrag zur frühen Biologie und zeigt Darwins umfassende Kenntnisse in Medizin Botanik und Philosophie. Buchbilder sind unverbindlich English: Print-on-demand reprint. Original edition : 1801. Text in German. This third edition of "Zoonomie" by Erasmus Darwin 1731-1802 is a foundational work in biological science exploring the laws of organic life. Darwin grandfather of Charles Darwin presents his theories on evolution and the nature of living beings. The book is a significant contribution to early biology reflecting Darwin's extensive knowledge in medicine botany and philosophy. Book images are non-contractual. Editions Recreasoft. Softcover. New. Editions Recreasoft paperback
2026ref. LRB28037485Paris: Editions Recreasoft 2026 Sprache: Deutsch. Ca. 791 Seiten. Deutsch : Nachdruck auf Anfrage. Originalausgabe : 1797. Werk auf Deutsch. Diese Ausgabe ist ein Nachdruck des zweiten Bandes von Erasmus Darwins grundlegender Arbeit "Zoonomie oder Gesetze des organischen Lebens" erstmals 1797 veröffentlicht. Das Werk behandelt die Prinzipien des organischen Lebens und stellt eine wichtige Vorarbeit zu den Theorien seines berühmteren Nachfahren Charles Darwin dar. Es bietet eine systematische Analyse der biologischen Prozesse und ihrer Gesetzmäßigkeiten die für die Entwicklungsgeschichte der Biologie von großer Bedeutung sind. Buchbilder sind unverbindlich English: Print-on-demand reprint. Original edition : 1797. Text in German. This edition is a reprint of the second volume of Erasmus Darwin's seminal work "Zoonomie oder Gesetze des organischen Lebens" first published in 1797. The work explores the principles of organic life and serves as a crucial precursor to the theories of his more famous descendant Charles Darwin. It provides a systematic analysis of biological processes and their laws which are of great significance in the history of biology. Book images are non-contractual. Editions Recreasoft. Softcover. New. Editions Recreasoft paperback
2026ref. LRB28037484Paris: Editions Recreasoft 2026 Sprache: Deutsch. Ca. 637 Seiten. Deutsch : Nachdruck auf Anfrage. Originalausgabe : 1795. Werk auf Deutsch. Dieses Werk von Erasmus Darwin veröffentlicht 1795 ist eine grundlegende Abhandlung über die Gesetze des organischen Lebens. Es behandelt Themen wie Anatomie Physiologie und die Prinzipien des Lebens. Die beiden Bände enthalten illustrierte Kupferstiche die die wissenschaftlichen Erkenntnisse der Zeit widerspiegeln. Buchbilder sind unverbindlich English: Print-on-demand reprint. Original edition : 1795. Text in German. This work by Erasmus Darwin published in 1795 is a foundational treatise on the laws of organic life. It covers topics such as anatomy physiology and the principles of life. The two volumes include illustrated copper engravings that reflect the scientific knowledge of the time. Book images are non-contractual. Editions Recreasoft. Softcover. New. Editions Recreasoft paperback
ref. 3743677970.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
