Darwin, Erasmus. Phytologia: Or the Philosophy of Agriculture and Gardening. With the theory of draining Morasses and with an improved construction of the Drill Plough. 1st. Ed. Printed for J. Johnson, by T. Bensley, Bolt Court, Fleet Street. 1800
pp.viii, 612, [xii] with 12 engraved plates (two being fold-out). 4to. Hardback. Neat signature dated 1818 to title page. A very minor amount of spotting, o/w. contents exceptional and in fine condition. Marbled end-papers. Original half leather over marbled boards showing minor shelf-rubbing, with a more recent, period style, spine in fine condition. A very pleasing copy.
King-Hele said that ‘Phytologia’ is the best of Darwin’s prose works....has many new ideas and some major discoveries, notably the specification of photosynthesis and of plant nutrients’.
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