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The Trees of North America
Michaux and Redouté’s American Masterpiece
- Abbeville Press (ACC)
- by Gregory Long
- 9780789214027 | E | HB
This Tiny Folio presents, in modern taxonomic order, all 277 of the hand-coloured plates from François-André Michaux''s classic North American Sylva, as well as the supplemental volumes by Thomas Nuttall. These masterworks of 19th-century botanical illustration - by such artists as Pierre-Joseph Redouté and Pancrace Bessa - represent the leaves, fruit, and flowers of American trees with wonderful grace and clarity.
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| Publisher | Abbeville Press (ACC) |
|---|---|
| ISBN | 9780789214027 |
| Author(s) | Gregory Long |
| Publication date | April 2021 |
| Edition | Hardback |
| Dimensions | 111 x 101 mm |
| Illustrations | 227 col.ill. |
| Pages | 336 |
| Language(s) | Eng. ed. |
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This Tiny Folio presents, in modern taxonomic order, all 277 of the hand-coloured plates from François-André Michaux’s classic North American Sylva, as well as the supplemental volumes by Thomas Nuttall. These masterworks of 19th-century botanical illustration - by such artists as Pierre-Joseph Redouté and Pancrace Bessa - represent the leaves, fruit, and flowers of American trees with wonderful grace and clarity. Published in cooperation with the New York Botanical Garden, The Trees of North America includes a preface and introduction describing how Michaux and Nuttall’s pioneering work came to be.