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 150 colored engravings - ECU Libraries Catalog

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 150 colored engravings. / By F. Andrew Michaux, member of the American Philosophical Society of Philadelphia; of the Royal Agricultural Society, correspondent of the Institute of France, etc. ; [Two lines from Pliny the Younger] ; Vol. I[-III].

Author/creator	Michaux, François André, 1770-1855
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Philadelphia : Sold by Thomas Dobson.--Solomon Conrad. ; Paris : Printed by C. D'Hautel, 1817[-1819]
Description	3 volumes : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Subject(s)	Trees--North America.

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Other author/creator	Hillhouse, Augustus L. (Augustus Lucas), 1791-1859.
Other author/creator	Dobson, Thomas, 1751-1823 bookseller.
Other author/creator	Conrad, Solomon White, 1779-1831, bookseller.
Other author/creator	Kennedy, John Pendleton, 1795-1870 signer.
Uniform title	Histoire des arbres forestiers de l'Amérique Septentrionale. English
Variant title	Description of the forest trees, of the United States, Canada and Nova Scotia
Local note	Joyner Rare copy lacking the half-volume title pages in v. 2-3. Autographed on front paste-down of each vol. "John P. Kennedy" [i.e. John Pendleton Kennedy]. Contemporary full green morocco with stamped gilt and blind borders, gilt spine title and edges.
General note	Translation of: Histoire des arbres forestiers de l'Amerique septentrionale ... Paris, 1810-1813. "N. For the translation of the present half volume, I am indebted to my friend Augustus L. Hillhouse, of Connecticut. F.A.M."--v. 1, p. [269].
General note	Vol. 2 published in 1818; v. 3 in 1819. The volumes themselves were evidently issued in parts. In some copies, vol. 2 has a title page for the "fourth half volume" after p. 116; v. 3, title pages for the "sixth half volume" and "seventh half volume" after p. 82 and 194 respectively.
General note	Vol. 1: [4], xii, 268, [2] p., 50 leaves of plates; v. 2: [4], 116, [3], 118-250 p., 51-100, [1] leaves of plates; v. 3: [4], 82, [3], 84-194, [3], 196-285, [1] p., 101-156 leaves of plates.
General note	Errors in paging: v. 2, p.165, 229 misnumbered 155, 292 respectively.
General note	"Errata."--v. 3, p. [286].
References	Shaw & Shoemaker 41426
References	Sabin 48695
Acquisitions source	Joyner Rare copy Purchased 2012

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