{"product_id":"conversations-on-botany-fitton-eighth-edition-1834","title":"Conversations on Botany — Fitton. Eighth Edition (1834)","description":"\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFITTON, Sarah Mary \u0026amp; Elizabeth.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eConversations on Botany. With Plates.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEighth Edition.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman, 1834. 12mo.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe eighth edition of this popular early nineteenth-century introduction to botany, attributed to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSarah Mary Fitton, with the assistance of her sister Elizabeth\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublished anonymously\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, the work is now attributed to the Irish sisters Sarah Mary and Elizabeth Fitton. Their names did not appear on the title pages of the successive editions, a circumstance which led earlier bibliographers to attribute the book variously, most notably to Jane Marcet, whose influential \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eConversations on Chemistry\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e helped inspire its conversational form. The work proved an enduring success for Longman, passing through \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003enine editions between 1817 and 1840\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Its approachable conversational format brought the principles of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLinnaean taxonomy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e to a broad readership.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIllustrated with \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e22 hand-coloured engraved plates, all present\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, depicting flowering plants and botanical structures together with ferns, mosses, lichens, fungi and seaweeds. The colouring remains particularly pleasing, with strong greens, blues and yellows.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eBound in \u003cstrong\u003econtemporary green half calf over marbled boards\u003c\/strong\u003e, the spine with five raised bands, gilt decoration and red morocco lettering-piece.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA handsome example of a particularly appealing nineteenth-century botanical book, combining an attractive period binding with a fine suite of hand-coloured plates.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSize\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e18 × 11.5 cm.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCondition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eInternally very good, with occasional light spotting and age-toning. The plates are generally clean and retain bright, fresh colouring. Binding rubbed at extremities with some surface wear and fading to the spine; corners worn. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eThe spine has mellowed towards olive, with rubbing and wear to the joints, corners and extremities, but the binding remains sound and attractive.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBibliographical Note\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEighth edition. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eComplete with all 22 plates; \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003ePlate 7, although listed for insertion at p. 47, is bound as the frontispiece.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eReferences\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCf. 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