The trees of North America : Michaux and Redouté's American masterpiece /
The trees of North America : Michaux and Redouté's American masterpiece /
volume editors, Susan M. Fraser and Sally Armstrong Leone ; foreword, Gregory Long ; preface, Susan M. Fraser ; introduction, Marta McDowell ; afterword and additional illustrations, David Allen Sibley.
- First edition.
- 392 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
At head of title: New York Botanical Garden.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 382-383) and indexes.
Foreword : The North American sylva and the New York Botanical Garden / Gregory Long -- Preface : The North American sylva : a landmark of American botanical history / Susan M. Fraser -- Introduction : François-André Michaux and Thomas Nuttall : the forest and the trees / Marta McDowell -- The plates -- A note about the plates -- The species -- Afterword : The North American sylva and the art of botanical illustration / David Allen Sibley.
A landmark volume of American forestry, illustrated by a French botanist and written by an English botanist and plant explorer in the mid-1800s, is reproduced and gorgeously rendered in full-color with capsule summaries of every tree species featured.
9780789212764 0789212765
1414329 QBI
2016036494
Redouté, Pierre Joseph, 1759-1840.
Michaux, François André, 1770-1855.
Nuttall, Thomas, 1786-1859.
Trees--North America--Identification.
Arbres--Amérique du Nord--Identification.--Ouvrages illustrés.
QK115 / .T73 2017
QK115 / .T73 2017
At head of title: New York Botanical Garden.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 382-383) and indexes.
Foreword : The North American sylva and the New York Botanical Garden / Gregory Long -- Preface : The North American sylva : a landmark of American botanical history / Susan M. Fraser -- Introduction : François-André Michaux and Thomas Nuttall : the forest and the trees / Marta McDowell -- The plates -- A note about the plates -- The species -- Afterword : The North American sylva and the art of botanical illustration / David Allen Sibley.
A landmark volume of American forestry, illustrated by a French botanist and written by an English botanist and plant explorer in the mid-1800s, is reproduced and gorgeously rendered in full-color with capsule summaries of every tree species featured.
9780789212764 0789212765
1414329 QBI
2016036494
Redouté, Pierre Joseph, 1759-1840.
Michaux, François André, 1770-1855.
Nuttall, Thomas, 1786-1859.
Trees--North America--Identification.
Arbres--Amérique du Nord--Identification.--Ouvrages illustrés.
QK115 / .T73 2017
QK115 / .T73 2017