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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.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY ; London : Abbeville Press Publishers, [2017]Edition: First editionDescription: 392 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cmISBN:
  • 9780789212764
  • 0789212765
Contained works:
  • Michaux, François André, 1770-1855. Histoire des arbres forestiers de l'Amérique Septentrionale. Selections. English
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • QK115 .T73 2017
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
List(s) this item appears in: Facsimiles and reproductions of historical books
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Non-lending Books Elisabeth C. Miller Library Tall Shelves QK110 .M53 2017 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not for loan 39352800168817
Total holds: 0

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.

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