conversations botany plates (3 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Sixth Edition with hand coloured plates by George Sowerby, tall 12mo. (202x117mm), pp: [12],xx,[1]-278, incl. half title, 12 pp publisher's ads at front dated March 1829, 21 delicately hand coloured plates incl. plate 2 in two parts & a frontispiece (often catalogued as 22 plates), complete as listed, lacks front endpaper, brown mark to initial leaves, otherwise a bright & attractive copy bound in salmon pink paper covered boards with the paper rubbed away to the spine, otherwise sound, tight & very good condition. Plate 12 at pp 144 not 127 as 'List of Plates'.

8vo. xii, xix, [1], 278 pp. Ads., 21 hand-colored plates. Original pink boards, rebacked and with new corners, small gilt-stamped spine label. Near fine. First issued in 1817. The work is written in the form of a conversation between a mother and her son. Fitton introduces a wide array of flowering plants, offering a small amount of scientific information, often escaping the more serious details. / Fitton is known for co-authoring Conversations on Botany with her sister Elizabeth, first published in 1817. Conversations on Botany went through nine editions between 1817 and 1840. The book is composed of 18 conversations between a mother and her son that cover the principles of the Linnaean system of classification and elements of useful botany.

Hard back binding in nineteenth century half tan leather, five raised bands to the spine with gilt title label, marble paper covered boards and page edges. 8vo. 7'' x 4¼''. Contains [xvi] 284 printed pages of text with 21 hand-coloured plates (including one double page) by Sowerby as called for. Ink name to the second front free end paper, without any age toning or foxing to the text block or plates, being in particularly clean and bright condition. From the private library of Charles Benson (remote family connection to William Gilpin) with his bookplate to the front free end paper. Member of the P.B.F.A. BOTANY (Phytology).