The botanic garden : A poem, in two parts. Part I. Containing the economy of vegetation. Part II. The loves of the plants. : With philosophical notes.

Author/creator Darwin, Erasmus
Other author Smith, E. H. (Elihu Hubbard), 1771-1798 editor.
Other author Tanner, Benjamin, 1775-1848 engraver.
Format Electronic
EditionThe first American edition.
Publication InfoNew-York : Printed by T. & J. Swords, printers to the faculty of physic of Columbia College, no. 99 Pearl-Street, 1798.
Description15 unnumbered pages, viii-xi, 5 unnumbered pages, 256, x, 1 unnumbered page, 12-146 pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 17 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm (8vo)
Supplemental ContentEvans Digital Edition
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SeriesEarly American imprints. First series ; no. 33600. ^A478749
General noteAttributed to Erasmus Darwin in the Dictionary of national biography.
General noteEach part has separate title page. Part I is from the 3d, part II from the 4th London edition. Edited for republication, with a poetic "Epistle to the author of the Botanic garden," by Elihu Hubbard Smith.
General notePlates engraved by Benjamin Tanner.
General noteWith a half-title.
General note"Errata" and "Instructions to the binder for placing the engravings"--recto of last leaf.
References Evans 33600
Other formsMicroform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Reproduction noteElectronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 33600).
Genre/formPoems 1798.

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