[Rarebooks] FS: True 1st ed. (London 4to.) of Erasmus Darwin's "Phytologia"

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(BOTANY) Darwin, Erasmus. PHYTOLOGIA; or thePhilosophy of Agriculture and Gardening. With the Theory of Pruning Morasses,and with an Improved Construction of the Drill Plow. London: J. Johnson. 1800.First edition. Lg. 4to. (8),612,(12)pp. Index. With 12 copper engraved plates(one folding and one double-page). Orig. mottled full calf, rebacked, with theold spine label laid down. Light minor worming to the bottom margin of thepreliminaries, and some old text soiling. Overall, a decent copy of the firstedition, i.e. the London quarto edition (not the Dublin 8vo. edition alsopublished in 1800).     $600.00(trade discount allowed)
 
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