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 trees ...
Tr. from the French of F. Andrew Michaux ...
Description
- Language(s)
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English
- Published
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Philadelphia, J. Dobson, Printed by William Amphlett, New Harmony, Ind., 1841-49.
- Note
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Translation of Histoire des arbres forestiers de l'Amérique Septentrionale.
Translated by Augustus L. Hillhouse.
Vols. 4-6 of this edition are vols. I-III of the "North American sylva ... By Thomas Nuttall ... Philadelphia, J. Dobson, l842-49."
"With three additional volumes, 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 finely colored plates. By Thomas Nuttall ... The whole forming six volumes, and comprising 278 plates."--Note on t.-p.
- Physical Description
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6 v.
col'd. plates.
28 cm.
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