Record The North American sylva, or, A description of the forest trees, of the United States, Canada and Nova Scotia : considered particularly with 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 150 coloured engravings / by F. Andrew Michaux .. | Collections Search Center, Smithsonian Institution

The North American sylva, or, A description of the forest trees, of the United States, Canada and Nova Scotia : considered particularly with 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 150 coloured engravings / by F. Andrew Michaux ..

Author:: Michaux, François André 1770-1855 Search this; Bessa, Pancrace 1772-approximately 1835 Search this; Redouté, Henri-Joseph 1766-1852 Search this; Redouté, Pierre Joseph 1759-1840 Search this

Notes:: Translation of Histoire des arbres forestiers de l'Amerique Septentrionale.; Translation by Augustus L. Hillhouse -- v. 1, p. [269].; Vol. 2, [pt. 2] (p. [117]-250) called Fourth half volume; Vol. 3, [pt. 2] (p. [83]-194) called Sixth half volume; Vol. 3, [pt. 3] (p. [195]-285) called Seventh half volume.; Plates are after H.J. and P.J. Redouté and P. Bessa.; Plates 134, 136, 137, 139-145, and 147-150 are numbered 1-14.; Also issued with uncolored plates -- see notice pasted to t.p. verso, v. 1.; Includes index.; Errata: v. 3, p. [286]; errata slip pasted to recto of leaf inserted after t.p. v. 1.; Stafleu & Cowan. Taxonomic lit. (2nd ed.), 5962