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Memoirs of the Life of Dr. Darwin, Chiefly During His Residence at Lichfield, With Anecdotes of His Friends, and Criticisms on His Writings
by Seward, Anna
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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About This Item
London: Printed for J. Johnson, 1804. xiv, 430pp. Octavo (140 x 210mm). First English edition. Contemporary tree calf with gilt dentelles along the edges of the boards, re-backed to match with with blind-stamped rules and decorations and a red morocco spine label with stamped gilt lettering. The bookplate and book label of William Strong to the front pastedown. Errata present. Some rubbing to the boards. Light foxing to the endpapers and the occasionally found throughout. Ex-libris of Darwin bibliographer, Richard Freeman, with his pencil notations to the ffep. A very good copy of this scarce book. Apparently the author, Anna Seward, had a desire to marry Erasmus Darwin and was somewhat offended when he married Elizabeth Pole after the death of his first wife. Charles Darwin was not particularly happy with this book about his grandfather and claims to have written the introduction to Krause's biography of Erasmus Darwin in order to contradict some of what Seward wrote. 1804
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- Bookseller
- Aquila Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 142095
- Title
- Memoirs of the Life of Dr. Darwin, Chiefly During His Residence at Lichfield, With Anecdotes of His Friends, and Criticisms on His Writings
- Author
- Seward, Anna
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Printed for J. Johnson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1804
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Darwin, Charles|Evolution|Geology|History of Science|Voyages|Erasmus Darwin
- Bookseller catalogs
- Natural History;
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- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- A.N.
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Errata
- Errata: aka Errata Slip A piece of paper either laid in to the book correcting errors found in the printed text after being...
- Re-backed
- Describes a book that has had the material covering the spine replaced or joints mended.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
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