4th ed., improved
Plates dated: April 2, 1817,Attributed to Elizabeth and Sarah Mary Fitton (Brit. Mus. Nat. hist. Bradley bibl.) and also to Jane Marcet (Halkett & Laing),Cf. Osborne collection of early children's books. Toronto, 1975, p. 822,Features: Bound in aligator skin
This book was written as a lesson book on botany for children and young persons. It takes the form of conversations between a mother and her son. It was written by Sarah Mary Filton with the assistance of Elizabeth Fitton.
Filton, Sarah Mary (name thus in British Museum Catalogue; Sarah Margaret Fitton in Allibone(1)),writer of children's stories and lesson books.
(1) a dictionary of British and American writers through 1888 compiled by S. Austin Allibone)
http://www.djo.org.uk/indexes/authors/miss-sarah-mary-fitton.html
