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Darton,, 1801. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Poor. page 145-6 missing foxed

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Lond1836: Darton and Harvey. Good/No DJ. Hard Cover. 12mo WAKEFIELD, Priscilla (Bell), 1751-1832. Instinct displayed exemplifying the extraordinary sagacity of various species of the animal creation. Faded embossed original cloth, bright gilt titling on spine. Previous owner's inscription on ffep. A little foxing. Frontis plate. Illustrated title page. xvi, 303 pages clean and tight. .

Darton, Harvey & Darton, London, 1818. 3rd edition.. 1818. 12mo. hardcvoer. half-leather marbled paper coverd boards. 311pp. Good, foxing, mainly to endpapers, paper cracked on front hinge, binding solid. Wear to covers. .

London: Printed for Darton, Harvey, and Darton, 1814. Second edition, 8vo, xviii, 311, [1]pp., without half-title, early ownership signature to head of title, cont. half calf, marbled boards, a little rubbed but still a very good copy. Darton, G995 (2).

London: Darton, Harvey, and Darton, 1811 . First edition. Leather. Good Only. 7" by 4.5". None. The very scarce first edition of English Quaker philanthropist Priscilla Wakefield's study of animals and their instincts, and the overall 'beauty of creation'. The very scarce first edition of this work.Prolific writer and Quaker philanthropist Priscilla Wakefield writes about the animal kingdom in thirty-four chapters arranged in epistolary form, and with discussions of such wide ranging creatures as termites, magpies, bats, goats, monkeys, horses and swine.Wakefield discusses the interaction of reason and instinct in various species, and explains that 'the harmonising beauty of creation and the interesting objects it presents, have been my delight from childhood'.With four pages of advertisements to the rear.With a prize inscription to the head of the title page. In a full calf binding. Significant rubbing to back strip and board perimeters. One vertical split and several horizontal splits to the back… Read More

London: Darton and Harvey, 1818. Third edn. 8vo, pp. 311 + adv. Bound in original paper backed boards (front cover separate, rear loose), uncut. A clean copy. Wakefield (1751-1832) was the founder of one of the earliest savings banks. She had a great deal of knowledge about biology and nature and she incorporated this into her books for children. This is a discussion of the differences between reason and instinct in different species. From her Preface, "The harmonising beauty of creation and the interesting objects it presents, have been my delight from childhood; and the enjoyments, as well as the advantages, I have received from this taste, have made me desirous of communicating it to others, by relating a few well authenticated facts of the exact coincidence of the instinctive powers with the necessities of animals . I thought more likely to arrest the attention of the young, when combined in the form of letters, rather than a long string of detached anecdotes .