MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF DR. DARWIN, CHIEFLY DURING HIS RESIDENCE IN LICHFIELD, WITH ANECDOTES OF HIS FRIENDS, AND CRITICISMS ON HIS WRITINGS

Philadelphia: At the Classic Press, for the Proprietors Wm. Poyntell, & Co, 1804. First American Edition. Full Leather. Good binding. Memoirs of Erasmus Darwin, part of the Midlands Enlightenment and the grandfather of Charles Darwin. Contemporary owner's name on the front pastedown. Scattered spots of staining or discoloration to the text. Spots of staining to the edges of the textblock. Lacking endpapers, else complete; xii, 313 pp. Fully rebacked with Japanese tissue. Full calf. Good binding.