I have here for sale a book entitled PHYTOLOGIA; or The Philosophy of Agriculture and Gardening with the Theory of Draining Morasses and with an Improved Construction of the Drill Plough by Erasmus Darwin, Charles Darwin's grandfather. It is a first edition published by J Johnson, London in 1800. It is an ex-library edition but the only evidence of that is one very small purple library stamp to the bottom of a few of the pages. There are 12 b/w plates, some of them fold-out with explanations alongside. The book is divided into 3 main sections - Part I Physiology of Vegetation; Part II Economy of Vegetation; Part III Agriculture and Horticulture. The Appendix covers the improved construction of the drill plough.

Recently rebound in quarter dark brown calf leather on dark green cloth hardboards. Lighter brown leather title label to the spine with gilt lettering and flower motifs. Publication date stamped to the base of the spine. New cream endpapers. Bookplate to the front endpaper of T B M Baskerville. Some pencil notes in the margin on a few pages. Text pages pretty clean, some foxing to the plates. Condition: very good. viii, 612 pages + index and plates. 26 cm x 22 cm.