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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 ...

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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 ...
Author
Michaux, François André, 1770-1855.
Publication
Philadelphia, J. Dobson, Printed by William Amphlett, New Harmony, Ind., 1841-49.

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  • Nuttall, Thomas, 1786-1859.
  • Hillhouse, Augustus L. (Augustus Lucas), 1791-1859.
Description
6 v. col'd. plates.; 28 cm.
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  • "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.
  • Vols. 4-6 of this edition are vols. I-III of the "North American sylva ... By Thomas Nuttall ... Philadelphia, J. Dobson, l842-49."
  • Translated by Augustus L. Hillhouse.
  • Translation of Histoire des arbres forestiers de l'Amérique Septentrionale.
Call Number
VQV (Michaux, F. A. North American sylva. 1841)
OCLC
38598814
Author
Michaux, François André, 1770-1855.
Title
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 ...
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Philadelphia, J. Dobson, Printed by William Amphlett, New Harmony, Ind., 1841-49.
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Nuttall, Thomas, 1786-1859.
Hillhouse, Augustus L. (Augustus Lucas), 1791-1859. Translator
Research Call Number
VQV (Michaux, F. A. North American sylva. 1841)
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