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Creator:
Fitton, Sarah Mary
Title(s):
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
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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.
Engraving, Colored -- Specimens -- 1828.
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
Natural history -- Study and teaching.
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.
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