The botanic garden, a poem
Subtitle: in two parts ... : with philosophical notes.
Contributors: Blake, William, 1757-1827.; Smith, Anker, 1759-1819.; Holloway, Thomas, 1748-1827.; Fuseli, Henry, 1741-1825.
Edition: The fourth edition.
Series: Blake -- no. 712
Publisher: Printed for J. Johnson ...
Published: 1799
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Subjects: Botany -- Poetry; Natural history.
Other titles: The economy of vegetation.; The loves of the plants.
Notes: Each part has special t.p.

"Additional notes" to pt. 1 (p. [249]-492) include notes on the Portland vase (p. 352-366, 4 pl.)

Collation: Vol. 1, [2] xx, 492 p., [11] leaves of plates (1 folded); v. 2, [2], xvi (i.e. xiv), 282, [2] p., [11] leaves of plates (1 folded). The count excludes blank leaf at end of either volume.

Some of the plates engraved by William Blake, and by T. Holloway and A. Smith after Fuseli.

"Index of the names of the plants": v. 2, p. 281-282.

Bound in half-parchment over blue-grey paste-boards, as issued.

ESTC T146846

Bentley, G.E., Blake books, 450D

Gift to Victoria University Library. Bentley, G.E., Jr. 2005/10/01.

Victoria University Library copy: some leaves uncut.
Table of contents: value: (from t.p.) Part I. Containing The economy of vegetation; value: Part II. The loves of the plants.