PART I. CONTAINING THE ECONOMY OF VEGETATION. The Third Edition; THE BOTANIC GARDEN. PART II. THE LOVES OF THE PLANTS. The Fourth Edition. A Poem with Philosophical Notes. TWO VOLUMES. 4to. 11 x 8.5 inches. Part I, xx + 218 + 124 pp. Additional Notes+ [2] pp. Directions to the Binder and advertisement; Part II, [2] + viii + 200 pp. + [1] pp. Directions to the Binder. The plate in Part I, opposite.p.87, of two Wedgwood cameos of Botany Bay and the abolition of slavery referenced by the poem, are not listed in the Directions to the Binder. Decorated by vignette at end of Proem, Part II. Bound in original plain light blue paper covered boards; spines with separate contrasting title labels, gilt. Erasmus Darwin (1731-1802) was a physician, natural philosopher, inventor and poet, and the grandfather of Charles Darwin. Associated with the Midland Enlightenment, he was a member of the Lunar Society of Birmingham and the Derby Philosophical Society. He set up practice in Lichfield and established the Botanical Society at Lichfield, to translate the Latin works of Carl Linnaeus. The first part of The Botanic Garden was originally entitled The Economy of Vegetation, the two parts having first appeared 1791 (Part I) and 1789 (Part II). This edition also contains plates drawn by the artist Henry Fuseli (1761-1825), two of which were engraved and signed by William Blake, while the four engravings of the Portland Vase have also been attributed to Blake. His Tornado plate appears for the first time in this title. Part II includes interludes featuring a dialogue between bookseller and poet.