Title
The North American sylva; or A description of the forest trees of the United States, Canada, and Nova Scotia, : considered particularly in respect to their use in the arts, and their introduction into commerce; to which is added a description of the most useful of the European forest trees. Illustrated by 156 coloured copperplate engravings, by Redoute, Bessa, etc
Title Variants
Alternative:
Description of the forest trees of the United States, Canada, and Nova Scotia
Alternative:
North American sylva
Uniform: Histoire des arbres forestiers de l'Amérique Septentrionale
By
Michaux, François-André, 1770-1855
, author
Michaux, André, 1746-1802
, contributor
Hillhouse, Augustus L. (Augustus Lucas), 1791-1859
, translator
Smith, J. Jay (John Jay), 1798-1881
, editor,
Bessa, Pancrace, 1772-1846
, illustrator
Redouté, Pierre Joseph, 1759-1840
, illustrator
Redouté, A. (Antoine), 1756-1809
, illustrator,
Redouté, Henri Joseph, 1766-1852
, illustrator
Riché, A. (Adèle), 1791-1878
, illustrator
Delaporte, Rosine-Antoinette, 1807-1897
, illustrator
Bessin, Marie Joseph,
, engraver
Jacquinot, Lse. Fse. (Louise Françoise),
, engraver
Renard, active 19th century-
, engraver
Gabriel, Georges François Marie, born 1775-
, engraver
Joly, J. N.,
, engraver
Boquet, 1751-1817
, engraver
Cally, P. A.
, engraver
Smith, Robert Pearsall, 1827-1898
, publisher
Nuttall, Thomas, 1786-1859
, North American sylva
Kite & Walton,
, printer
Type
Book
Material
Published material
Publication info
[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania], Robert P. Smith, Philadelphia, 1853
Notes
Translation of: Histoire des arbres forestiers de l'Amérique Septentrionale
"The foundation of the North American sylva, was laid by the laborious researches of the elder Michaux [that is, André Michaux, father of François André Michaux]" --Preface
Translation by Augustus L. Hillhouse, with corrections by the editor
Published together with the continuation by Thomas Nuttall: The North American sylva, or, A description of the forest trees of the United States, Canada and Nova Scotia, not described in the work of F. Andrew Michaux ... Being the fourth[-sixth] volume of Michaux and Nuttall's North American sylva
Illustrated with hand-colored stipple engravings. "All American editions used the French copperplates."--Stafleu
Illustrators include Pierre-Joseph Redouté, Antoine Redouté, Henri-Joseph Redouté, Pancrace Bessa, Rosine-Antoinette (Bessin) Delaporte, and Adèle Riché; engravers include Marie Joseph Bessin, Renard, Georges Gabriel, J. N. Joly, Boquet, P.A. Cally, and Lse. Fse. Jacquinot
Stafleu, F.A. Taxonomic literature (2nd ed.), | 5966n
Subjects
Botany
,
North America
,
Trees
BHL Collections
Blog Features
Call Number
QK481 .M5 1853Z
Language
English
Identifiers
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.118984
LCCN:
https://lccn.loc.gov/s18000032
OCLC:
3132884
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