Marymount University’s Gomatos Collection has a number of vintage copies of Carroll’s famous novel. This edition, published by the Henry Altemus Company of Philadelphia, PA, not only contains her first adventures, but Carroll’s sequel, Through the Looking Glass and What She Found There. The library has cataloged this copy as being published in 1890. However, there is a website that suggests that this copy was part of the Riviere series, which was produced in 1901 for one year only. The reprints in this edition stay faithful to the original as well as containing the artwork of John Tenneil.
The pictures of the inside cover, the title page, and the inscription were chosen because they were unique to this edition. The remaining pages were chosen as representative of the book as a whole.
]]>Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is an 1865 novel written by Lewis Carroll. He tells the story of a young girl named Alice who tumbles down a rabbit hole into a fantasy world colonized by unusual creatures, including the famous Mad Hatter. Alice finds herself in numerous fantastical situations that parody the life of Victorian England. Carroll continues her adventures in Through the Looking Glass chronicling her adventures to become a queen. Alice again encounters various oddities in her quest compounded by things being reversed in the image of the looking glass.
Marymount University’s Gomatos Collection has a number of vintage copies of Carroll’s famous novel. This edition, published by the Henry Altemus Company of Philadelphia, PA, not only contains her first adventures, but Carroll’s sequel, Through the Looking Glass and What She Found There. The library has cataloged this copy as being published in 1890. However, there is a website that suggests that this copy was part of the Riviere series, which was produced in 1901 for one year only. The reprints in this edition stay faithful to the original as well as containing the artwork of John Tenneil.
The pictures of the inside cover, the title page, and the inscription were chosen because they were unique to this edition. The remaining pages were chosen as representative of the book as a whole.
Displayed above, are numerous images which provide excellent repsentations of Rackham's unique creative style. Along with the images of the plates there are pages from the novel where the more simplistic line drawings are shown. Selections from the story related to the plates are also included.
]]>Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is a widely popular and classic children's tale written by the renowned English author Lewis Carroll. The famous novel follows a curious young girl named Alice, who meets various colorful and eccentric characters in a fantastical world of whimsy and nonsense. Produced in 1907, a variant of the celebrated tale was co-published by William Heinemann (London) and Doubleday Page and Co. (New York). In this particular version, Arthur Rackham creatively illustrates Alice's many episodes with his signature and unique style, which complements Carroll’s imaginative narrative perfectly. His distinct and charming series of thirteen color plates and fourteen line drawings are accompanied with printed tissue overleaf and pictorial endpapers. The copy also features a delightful proem by Austin Dobson at its opening, as well as an intriguing vignette printed within the front and back cover. The cover of the piece is constructed of stamped red cloth, decorated with a colored illustration of The Mock Turtle's Story.
Displayed above, are numerous images which provide excellent repsentations of Rackham's unique creative style. Along with the images of the plates there are pages from the novel where the more simplistic line drawings are shown. Selections from the story related to the plates are also included.
The text in the Marymount University’s Gomatos collection is the first American edition, which was published in 1798, and includes a handwritten note on the flyleaf noting a sale price: "5 vols $25." The American and London editions varied by price and by printing method. The American edition, like the Dublin edition, is printed in octavo, while the London edition is printed in quarto.
Both editions are divided into two volumes, and they are further divided into four cantos, suggesting the Linnean principles of classification. Also, both editions contain detailed footnotes and illustrations. The first London edition of The Botanic Garden was illustrated by William Blake and Henry Fuseli, and the American edition was reprinted with the illustrations by Fuseli. Later editions comprise all content and illustrations in to one volume.
About the Author
Erasmus Darwin was born in Nottinghamshire, England in 1731, and he was the grandfather of Charles Darwin, whom wrote the Origin of Species in 1859. Darwin was a physician, poet, and botanist. His strong interest in botany, later, inspired him to write The Botanic Garden. He had also written Zoonomia (1796) and A Plan for the Conduct of Female Education, in Boarding Schools (1797). Darwin was a founding member of the Lunar Society of Birmingham, which greatly influenced the industrial revolution in the late eighteenth-century, which came to also influence the fashion, ideas, and beliefs of English and American society. In 1802, Darwin died due to a lung infection, and his last work, The Temple Nature,was published in 1803.
Further Reading
Browne, Janet. “Botany for Gentleman: Erasmus Darwin and ‘The Love of Plants’” Isis, vol. 80, no. 4, 1989, pp. 592-621. JSTOR, JSTOR.
Carroll, Siobhan. “On Erasmus Darwin’s The Botanic Garden, 1791-1792.” BRANCH: Britain, Representation and Nineteenth-Century History. Ed. Dino Franco Felluga. Extension of Romanticism and Victorianism on the Net. Web. Accessed 31 Oct. 2018.
Emery, Clark. “Scientific Theory in Erasmus Darwin's ‘The Botanic Garden’ (1789-91).” Isis, vol. 33, no. 3, 1941, pp. 315–325. JSTOR, JSTOR.
"Erasmus Darwin." Britannica Academic, Encyclopædia Britannica, 20 Oct. 2008. Accessed 1 Nov. 2018.
“Erasmus Darwin” Poetry Foundation. 30 Oct. 2018.
Garfinkle, Norton. “Science and Religion in England, 1790-1800: The Critical Response to the Work of Erasmus Darwin.” The Journal of the History of Ideas, vol. 16, no. 3, 1955, pp. 376-388. JSTOR, JSTOR.
George, Sam. “Carl Linnaeus, Erasmus Darwin and Anna Seward: Botanical Poetry and Female Education.” Science & Education, vol. 23, no. 3, Mar. 2014, pp. 673–694, EBSCOhost.
Page, M. (2005). “The Darwin before Darwin: Erasmus Darwin, Visionary Science, and Romantic poetry.” Papers on Language and Literature, 41(2), 146-169.
Priestman, Martin. The Poetry of Erasmus Darwin: Enlightened Spaces, Romantic Times. Burlington, Ashgate, 2013. Print.
"The Botanic Garden: The Economy of Vegetation." British Writers, Supplement 16, edited by Jay Parini, Charles Scribner's Sons, 2010, pp. 129-131. Gale Virtual Reference Library, Accessed 30 Oct. 2018.
The text in the Marymount University’s Gomatos collection is the first American edition, which was published in 1798, and includes a handwritten note on the flyleaf noting a sale price: "5 vols $25." The American and London editions varied by price and by printing method. The American edition, like the Dublin edition, is printed in octavo, while the London edition is printed in quarto.
Both editions are divided into two volumes, and they are further divided into four cantos, suggesting the Linnean principles of classification. Also, both editions contain detailed footnotes and illustrations. The first London edition of The Botanic Garden was illustrated by William Blake and Henry Fuseli, and the American edition was reprinted with the illustrations by Fuseli. Later editions comprise all content and illustrations in to one volume.
About the Author
Erasmus Darwin was born in Nottinghamshire, England in 1731, and he was the grandfather of Charles Darwin, whom wrote the Origin of Species in 1859. Darwin was a physician, poet, and botanist. His strong interest in botany, later, inspired him to write The Botanic Garden. He had also written Zoonomia (1796) and A Plan for the Conduct of Female Education, in Boarding Schools (1797). Darwin was a founding member of the Lunar Society of Birmingham, which greatly influenced the industrial revolution in the late eighteenth-century, which came to also influence the fashion, ideas, and beliefs of English and American society. In 1802, Darwin died due to a lung infection, and his last work, The Temple Nature,was published in 1803.
Further Reading
Browne, Janet. “Botany for Gentleman: Erasmus Darwin and ‘The Love of Plants’” Isis, vol. 80, no. 4, 1989, pp. 592-621. JSTOR, JSTOR.
Carroll, Siobhan. “On Erasmus Darwin’s The Botanic Garden, 1791-1792.” BRANCH: Britain, Representation and Nineteenth-Century History. Ed. Dino Franco Felluga. Extension of Romanticism and Victorianism on the Net. Web. Accessed 31 Oct. 2018.
Emery, Clark. “Scientific Theory in Erasmus Darwin's ‘The Botanic Garden’ (1789-91).” Isis, vol. 33, no. 3, 1941, pp. 315–325. JSTOR, JSTOR.
"Erasmus Darwin." Britannica Academic, Encyclopædia Britannica, 20 Oct. 2008. Accessed 1 Nov. 2018.
“Erasmus Darwin” Poetry Foundation. 30 Oct. 2018.
Garfinkle, Norton. “Science and Religion in England, 1790-1800: The Critical Response to the Work of Erasmus Darwin.” The Journal of the History of Ideas, vol. 16, no. 3, 1955, pp. 376-388. JSTOR, JSTOR.
George, Sam. “Carl Linnaeus, Erasmus Darwin and Anna Seward: Botanical Poetry and Female Education.” Science & Education, vol. 23, no. 3, Mar. 2014, pp. 673–694, EBSCOhost.
Page, M. (2005). “The Darwin before Darwin: Erasmus Darwin, Visionary Science, and Romantic poetry.” Papers on Language and Literature, 41(2), 146-169.
Priestman, Martin. The Poetry of Erasmus Darwin: Enlightened Spaces, Romantic Times. Burlington, Ashgate, 2013. Print.
"The Botanic Garden: The Economy of Vegetation." British Writers, Supplement 16, edited by Jay Parini, Charles Scribner's Sons, 2010, pp. 129-131. Gale Virtual Reference Library, Accessed 30 Oct. 2018.