Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Fitton, Sarah Mary
Title:
Conversations on botany : with plates.
Edition:
6th ed.
Published / Created:
London : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green, Paternoster-Row, 1828.
Physical Description:
xix, [1], 278 p., 21 leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 18 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
QK45 .F58 1828
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fun

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
By Elizabeth and Sarah Mary Fitton. Sometimes attributed to Jane Marcet (Halkett & Laing; Guide to the literature of botany by Benjamin D. Jackson).

Engravings by Thomas (?) Milton.

Printed by A. & R. Spottiswoode, New-Street-Square.

Osborne Collection of early children's books, 1566-1910, II:823

Erratum, p. [xx].

Explanation of the botanical terms: p. 241-262.

General index: p. 263-278.

BAC: British Art Center copy bound in dark green diced calf with gilt panelled spine and red morocco label; gilt dentelles and gilt edges. Bookseller's ticket: Old Land Bookseller, 28 Corn Street, Bristol.
Subject Terms:
Botany -- Juvenile literature. | Natural history -- Study and teaching. | Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century. | Engraving, Colored -- Specimens -- 1828.
Form/Genre:
Juvenile literature
Contributors:
Fitton, Elizabeth. | Marcet, Mrs. (Jane Haldimand), 1769–1858, associated name. | Milton, Thomas, 1743?-1827, engraver. | A. & R. Spottiswoode, printer. | Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, publisher.