The 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 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 / by Thomas Nuttall ... In three volumes. Vol. I-[III] being the 4th-[6th] volume of Michaux and Nuttall's North American sylva.

Author/creator Nuttall, Thomas
Format Book
Publication InfoPhiladelphia : J. Dobson, 106 Chesnut Street, 1842-1849.
Description3 volumes, 121 leaves of plates : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Subjects

Other author/creatorMichaux, François André, 1770-1855 Histoire des arbres forestiers de l'Amérique Septentrionale.
Other author/creatorClapham, Thomas Richard, inscriber, former owner.
Other author/creatorClapham, Richard, former owner.
Other author/creatorNuttall, Thomas, 1786-1859.
Other author/creatorBooth, Thomas J.
Other author/creatorBooth, Thomas J. Descriptions and observations of some species of Rhododendron collected in Assam and Bootan.
Other author/creatorNuttall, Thomas, 1786-1859. Descriptions and observations of some species of Rhododendron collected in Assam and Bootan.
Portion of title Description of the forest trees of the United States, Canada, and Nova Scotia, not described in the work of F. Andrew Michaux ...
Local noteJoyner Rare copy contains volume 1 only. Includes bookplate of Thomas Richard Clapham, F.R.A.S. [Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society], Austwick Hall and armorial bookplate of Clapham family with a lion holding sword over a crest with six fleur de lis on a diagonal banner on front pastedown. The front flyleaf includes the autograph of Thos. R. Clapham, F.R.A.S., Austwick Hall, Yorkshire, dated 1856 and the inscription: "this copy was prsented to my father R. [Richard] Clapham by the author Thos. Nuttall, 1853 - [signed] T. R. Clapham, My father and Mr. Nutall were old friends." Two letters and a copy of Descriptions and Observations of Some Species of Rhododendron Collected in Assam and Bootan by Thomas J. Booth and Thomas Nuttall [published 1853?] are tipped-in following the first two flyleaves. Both letters are thank you notes from Thomas Nuttall and Thos. J. Booth to Richard Clapham thanking him for the gift of Gardener's dictionary. Nuthall's letter is dated Dec. 4, 1853 and Booth's is dated Dec. 12, 1853. A loose handwritten note written by Thomas R. Clapham describes his father's relationship with Nuttall and Booth and Nuttall's travels in America and abroad. Plates I-IV include clippings pasted on the opposite side of print. An inscription on the title page signed T.R.C. and the loose handwritten note describe the pasted items as clippings from the Settle Chronicle dated Jan. & Feb. 1861 and July 19 & 21, 1884 as detailing Nuttall's life. An additonal handwritten note by Thomas R. Clapham and piece of correspondence to Clapham from a Mr. Goodwin dated Sept. 25, 1878 describes the whereabouts of several of Thomas Nuttall's nephews.
General noteThere is no plate nor description for no. XXX-XXXI but extra plate for no. V and X.
General noteVol. 2 published by Townsend Ward, 1846; v. 3, by Smith & Wistar, 1849.
Genre/formPictorial works.
Genre/formArmorial bookplates (Provenance) England Yorkshire 19th century.
Genre/formPresentation insertions (Provenance) England Yorkshire 19th century.
LCCNagr12000345

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Joyner Rare Collection QK110 .N88 1842 ✔ Available Request Material