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[Darwin, Erasmus]. The Botanic Garden. A poem in two parts, 2 volumes, mixed editions, (volume I 1st edition 1791, volume II, 2nd edition 1790) London: J. Johnson 1790-91, engraved allegorical frontispieces, 18 engraved plates, including one signed by William Blake a few others by Henry Fuseli after Blake, some offsetting, spotting and toning, bookplates, contemporary calf, upper covers detached, spines rubbed and lacking labels, 4to, together with Zoonomia; or, the Laws of Organic Life, 2 volumes, 2nd edition, London: J. Johnson 1796, 6 hand-coloured plates, 4 uncoloured plates, a little minor spotting, contemporary calf, previous owner blindstamp to upper covers, rebacked, a little rubbed and stained, 4to (Quantity: 4) First work Henrey 470. Part II of the Botanic Garden was first published in Lichfield in 1789.