[Rarebooks] FS: 1st Amer. ed. of Erasmus Darwin's "...the Origin of Society" Baltimore: 1804

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Darwin, Erasmus. THE TEMPLE OF NATURE; OR, THE ORIGIN OF SOCIETY. A Poem, with Philosophical Notes. Baltimore: Printed by John W. Butler, and Bonal & Niles. 1804. First American edition. 200,(4),(1, blank leaf),144pp. With the half-title. Illustrated with a frontispiece (by Fuseli) and 3 plates. Cont. sheep, rubbed, old stain near top of spine, hinges cracked but holding nicely, black calf spine label. Cont. ownership signature of "C. Appleton, Charleston 1804" on a blank preliminary.	$375.00 (trade discount allowed)
AMERICAN BIBLIOGRAPHY 1804, #6122.


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