Letters on the elements of botany
Subtitle: Addressed to a lady
By: By the celebrated J. J. Rousseau ; transl. into English, with notes, and twenty-four additional letters, fully explaining the system of Linnaeus. By Thomas Martyn
Edition: 5. ed., with corrections and improvements.
Publisher: Printed for B. J.White and son
Published: 1796
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Translated from: fre
Number of pages: 503
Subjects: Botany; Early works to 1800; Plants; Nomenclature
Other titles: Elements of botany
Description: Suggests activities demonstrating how variations in the creation of sound can create musical tones for the human ear and why musical instruments produce sound.
Notes: Orders of plants, and botanical terms on unnumbered page at the end of the text.

Includes bibliographical references.

Soulsby no. 705

ESTC T81076

Henrey, B. Brit. botanical lit., 1285