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The North American Sylva; or A Description of Forest Trees Of The United States, Canada and Nova Scotia... To which is added a Description of the Most Useful Of The European Forest Trees

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The North American Sylva; or A Description of Forest Trees Of The United States, Canada and Nova Scotia... To which is added a Description of the Most Useful Of The European Forest Trees

by Michaux, F. Andrew (1770-1855) and Nuttall, Thomas (1786-1859)

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Philadelphia: Rice, Rutter & Co., 1865. Third Issue Of The Third Edition of Michaux and the SEcond Edition of The Nuttal. Hardcover. Very Good, Clean, Leather At Corners Of Volumes and Ends Of Spines Are Lightly Rubbed, Bright Copies Beautifully Rebacked With Spines Saved. Octavo, Five Matching Volumes Complete In Original Half Leather With Marbled Boards, The Nuttall Original Three Volumes Are Two Volumes in This Edition, Spines With Raised Bands and Tooled Panels, Title, Author And Volume In Seperate Panels, All Gilt, AEG. 1849 Frontis Portrait of Francis- Andre Michaux engraved By H. B. Hall From the original Painting By Rembrandt Peale, Together With A Facsimile Of Michaux s signature, 156 Engraved Hand Colored Plates In Vol. 1-3 and Nuttall 121 Lithographic Plates Hand Colored (these reproduced from new Stones After Originals Lost) Octavo, Five Matching Volumes Complete In Original Half Leather With Marbled Boards, The Nuttall Original Three Volumes Are Two Volumes in This Edition, Spines With Raised Bands and Tooled Panels, Title, Author And Volume In Seperate Panels, All Gilt, AEG, 1865, Vol. 1, PP.184 , Vol. 2 PP.180, Vol. 3, PP.180, Vol. 4 (1 of Nuttall) PP.207, and Vol. 5, (2 of Nuttall) PP.215, NIssen 1361 & 1458, Stafleu 842d, The Two Combined Into This Set Are The Most Complete Woody Flora Of The Time. RB2d

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Bookseller
Terrace Horticultural Books US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
57120
Title
The North American Sylva; or A Description of Forest Trees Of The United States, Canada and Nova Scotia... To which is added a Description of the Most Useful Of The European Forest Trees
Author
Michaux, F. Andrew (1770-1855) and Nuttall, Thomas (1786-1859)
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Very Good, Clean, Leather At Corners Of Volumes and Ends Of Spin
Edition
Third Issue Of The Third Edition
Publisher
Philadelphia: Rice, Rutter & Co.
Date Published
1865
Pages
Vol. 1, PP.184 , Vol. 2 PP.180, Vol. 3, PP.180, Vol. 4 (1 of Nut
Size
Octavo, Five Mat
Keywords
Botanical Illustration, Hand Colored, Trees, Flora

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