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Hardcover | 19 December 2002

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Charles Darwin's book about his grandfather, The Life of Erasmus Darwin, is curiously fascinating. Before publication in 1879, it was shortened by 16%, with several of the cuts directed at its most provocative parts. The cutter, with Charles's permission, was his daughter Henrietta - an example of the strong hidden hand of meek-seeming Victorian women. Originally published in 2003, this first unabridged edition, edited by Desmond King-Hele, includes all that Charles originally intended, the cuts being restored and printed in italics. Erasmus Darwin was one of the leading intellectuals of the eighteenth century. He was a respected physician, a well-known poet, a keen mechanical inventor, and a founding member of the influential Lunar Society. He also possessed an amazing insight into the many branches of physical and biological science. Most notably, he adopted what we now call biological evolution as his theory of life, 65 years prior to Charles Darwin's Origin of Species.

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'... a marvellous insight into Darwin's judgement of his grandfather, and a unique look at his original text.' Endeavour 'This scholarly work has two sets of footnotes, Charles's original references and then a more detailed set by the author. We must be greatly indebted to King-Hele for spending the time and care in producing this very important slim volume. This is a book that will be used many times by scholars who are intrigued with eighteenth-century development and its preoccupation with science and its potentials.' Open History

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Introduction	p. ix
The Life of Erasmus Darwin
Synopsis	p. 3
Map of the Midland counties	p. 4
Preface	p. 5
The Life of Erasmus Darwin	p. 7
Charles Darwin's References	p. 92
Notes on the text, by the editor	p. 97
Chronology of Erasmus Darwin's life	p. 135
Selective family tree	p. 141
Selected books and papers	p. 144
Outline of Ernst Krause's essay	p. 148
Linking page numbers in the 1879 book with those in the proofs	p. 158
Acknowledgements	p. 160
Index	p. 161
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