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 156 colored engravings. Translated from the French of F. Andrew Michaux ... with notes by J. Jay Smith ... In three volumes.
Description
- Language(s)
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English ; French
- Published
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Philadelphia : D. Rice & A. N. Hart, 1859.
- Note
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Bound in full brown morocco, blind-stamped. Edges gilt. Yellow-coated endpapers.
Vols. 4-5 have title: "The North American sylva; or, a description of the forest trees ... not described in the work of F. Andrew Michaux ... by Thomas Nuttall..."
Vols. 1-3 translated by Augustus L. Hillhouse.
- Physical Description
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5 v. :
col plates ;
28 cm.
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