Description: Full Title: 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 155 coloured engravings. Translated from the French of F. Andrew Michaux. WITH 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 : and containing all the Forest Trees discovered in the Rocky Mountains, the territory of Oregon, down to the shores of the Pacific and into the confines of California, as well as in various parts of the United States : illustrated by 122 fine plates 277 Fine hand-colored illustrations of the foliage of North American Trees. 4to (6.375x10") 1818-19, 1842-52. Michaux, Andre and Nuttall, Thomas. Paris, Philadelphia: C. D'Hautel, J. Dobson. Burgundy leather with triple gilt rule framing single gilt rule with dots. Black leather spines with five gilt bordered raised bands, gilt title to second compartment, gilt date/author/vol# to fourth. Gilt floriate device to all others. A beautiful set of books from the library of George Hewitt Meyers. George Hewitt Myers was an American forester and philanthropist. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio and graduated from Yale College in 1898 and was the heir to the Bristol-Myers pharmaceutical fortune. He pursued graduate work in English at Harvard from 1898 to 1899. First published in 1810 and translated into English in 1817, Michaux's Sylva was the result of ten years of research in North America. The 156 hand-colored plates were drawn by the Redouté brothers, Pierre Joseph and Henri Joseph, and Pancrace Bessa, and upon its publication the work was recognized as an authority in the discipline. The continuation of the Sylva was executed by Thomas Nuttall, an experienced American botanist and ornithologist whose Manual of the Ornithology of the United States and Canada (1832) rivaled Audubon and Wilson in terms of strictly scientific contributions. Nuttall's botanical work, first published from 1842 to 1849, added 121 hand-colored plates to the 156 originally issued in Michaux. "Of the two works united, it is no exaggeration to remark that it is the most complete work of its kind, and is a production of unrivalled beauty, giving descriptions and illustrations of all the forest trees of North America, from the arctic limits of arborescent vegetation to the confines of the tropical circle" Free shipping via USPS for United State purchaser within the continental U.S., International shipping determined using USPS Priority Express, DHL, FedEx, or Parcel Monkey.
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