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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
ref. 14901hardback. Good. or The Laws of Organic Life. In Three Parts. Complete in two volumes. 2nd American NY by T & J Swords 1803 from the third London Edition corrected by the Author. Vol.2 only. Tree roan worn and paper rather brown. Hinges cracked but still attached. Backstrip chipped and worn. Internally quite nice. hardcover
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2026ref. LRB25048248Paris: Editions Recreasoft 2026 Language: English. Approximately 614 pages. English: Print-on-demand reprint. Original edition : 1796. Text in English. This foundational work by Erasmus Darwin explores the principles of organic life and natural philosophy. Published in 1796 Zoonomia presents a comprehensive study of physiology and evolution laying groundwork for later scientific theories. The text is a key reference for historians of science and Darwinian studies. Book images are non-contractual. Editions Recreasoft. Softcover. New. Editions Recreasoft paperback
2026ref. LRB36005537Paris: Editions Recreasoft 2026 Language: English. Approximately 800 pages. Volume 2 of a multi-volume work. English: Print-on-demand reprint. Original edition : 1796. Text in English. This foundational work by Erasmus Darwin explores the principles of organic life and natural philosophy offering insights into early theories of evolution and biology. The text is a key reference for understanding the intellectual foundations of 18th-century science and medicine. Book images are non-contractual. Editions Recreasoft. Softcover. New. Editions Recreasoft paperback
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2017ref. Gyan-9789353089849Facsimile Publisher 2017. Vol. 1. Hardcover. New. 22.59 x 14.34 x 4.82 cm. English Facsimile Publisher hardcover
2017ref. Gyan-9789353089849Facsimile Publisher 2017. Vol. 1. Hardcover. New. 22.59 x 14.34 x 4.82 cm. English Facsimile Publisher hardcover
