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Plates prepared between the years 1849 and 1859, to accompany a report on the forest trees of North America

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Catalog Data

Author:
Gray, Asa 1810-1888  Search this
Illustrator:
Sprague, Isaac 1811-1895  Search this
Lithographer:
Sonrel, Antoine  Search this
Donor:
Lubrecht, Harry 1908-1997 DSI  Search this
Publisher:
Smithsonian Institution  Search this
Physical description:
4 pages, 23 leaves of plates in various foliations (2 folded) : color illustrations, 35 cm
Type:
Electronic resources
Place:
North America
Date:
1891
Notes:
A fragment of the work projected by Dr. Gray, but not completed. The plates bear the numbers intended for the original, projected work
The plates are signed by the illustrator I. Sprague and the lithographer Sonrel
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SCNHRB has 4 copies
SCNHRB copy 39088001750561 has bookplate: Smithsonian Institution Libraries, Gift of Harry Lubrecht
SCNHRB copy 39088001750561 measures 35 cm (folio) and is bound in half brown leather with blue and green marbled paper boards and green floral endpapers; housed in a yellow preservation box
SCNHRB copy 39088001750561 has bookseller marks typical of Lubrecht collection, with "US 3/69" printed in pencil on blank free end paper at front
SCNHRB copies 39088001750553, 39088000610261 and 39088007402829 measure 34 cm (quarto)
Elecresource
Topic:
Trees  Search this
Call number:
QK481 .G77
QK481.G77
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_53169