Sarah Mary Fitton - Conversations on Botany - 1840
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Conversations on Botany.....With Plates. 1840
Anonymous, but by Sarah Mary Fitton, aided by Elizabeth Fitton.
Ninth edition.
Thick 2mo, pp xvi, 285, + 32 page publisher's catalogue dated October 1845. Very firm internally, a little offsetting of plate image onto text, with 22 plain engraved plates which have varying amounts of foxing or blemishing (please see our images), a contemporary signature on the front endpaper - Miss Venables, February 1848 - and the very attractive bookplate of C.J. Peacock.
Original cloth with just very slight signs of use.
The plates are by James de Carle Sowerby. Most editions have them coloured, but this uncoloured copy really shows the quality of the engraving very well.
[Sarah Fitton was an Irish writer who co-authored, with her sister Elizabeth, the highly popular 'Conversations on Botany'. She eventually seems to have become a governess in Paris, and indeed died there in 1874.]
[Ann Shteir devotes over three pages to the Fittons in "Cultivating Women, Cultivating Science".]
Seller's Story
We have been specialist booksellers for nearly forty-seven years. My original training was in horticulture, and I have the Diploma from the Royal Botanic Garden, Kew, and I am a Fellow of the Linnean Society. We have been fortunate in acquiring many major collections from prominent botanists and naturalists over the years, and our website stock reflects this and contains many unusual and esoteric items.
Conversations on Botany.....With Plates. 1840
Anonymous, but by Sarah Mary Fitton, aided by Elizabeth Fitton.
Ninth edition.
Thick 2mo, pp xvi, 285, + 32 page publisher's catalogue dated October 1845. Very firm internally, a little offsetting of plate image onto text, with 22 plain engraved plates which have varying amounts of foxing or blemishing (please see our images), a contemporary signature on the front endpaper - Miss Venables, February 1848 - and the very attractive bookplate of C.J. Peacock.
Original cloth with just very slight signs of use.
The plates are by James de Carle Sowerby. Most editions have them coloured, but this uncoloured copy really shows the quality of the engraving very well.
[Sarah Fitton was an Irish writer who co-authored, with her sister Elizabeth, the highly popular 'Conversations on Botany'. She eventually seems to have become a governess in Paris, and indeed died there in 1874.]
[Ann Shteir devotes over three pages to the Fittons in "Cultivating Women, Cultivating Science".]
Seller's Story
We have been specialist booksellers for nearly forty-seven years. My original training was in horticulture, and I have the Diploma from the Royal Botanic Garden, Kew, and I am a Fellow of the Linnean Society. We have been fortunate in acquiring many major collections from prominent botanists and naturalists over the years, and our website stock reflects this and contains many unusual and esoteric items.
Details
Number of books
1
Subject
Biology, Botany, Children's books, Education, Illustrated, Natural History, Nature, Science
Book title
Conversations on Botany
Author/ Illustrator
Sarah Mary Fitton
Condition
Good
Publication year oldest item
1840
Height
177 mm
Edition
Other edition
Width
112 mm
Language
English
Original language
Yes
Publisher
Longman, Orme, Brown & Green
Binding/ Material
Hardback
Number of pages
285
