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 forest trees : illustrated by 156 colored engravings
Title Variants
Alternative:
Description of the forest trees of the United States, Canada and Nova Scotia
By
Michaux, François-André, 1770-1855
Nuttall, Thomas, 1786-1859
Smith, J. Jay 1798-1881
Michaux, François-André, 1770-1855
, Histoire des arbres forestiers de l'Amérique Septentrionale
Rice, Rutter & Co.,
, publisher
Type
Book
Material
Published material
Publication info
Philadelphia, Published by Rice, Rutter & Co. No. 525 Minor Street, 1865
Notes
There are no plates or descriptions in v.4 numbered XXX-XXXI, but two plates are numbered X and two numbered V.
Vols. 1-3 are translation of Michaux's Histoire des arbres forestiers de l'Amérique septentrionale.
Vols. 4-5 have title: 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 to the shores of the pacific, and into the confines of California, as well as in various parts of the United States ... By Thomas Nuttall ... 3 v. in 2. Vols I-[II] being the 4th-[5th] vols. of Michaux and Nuttall's North American sylva.
Subjects
Field guides
,
Forest plants
,
Identification
,
Internet resource
,
Leaves
,
North America
,
Pictorial works
,
Trees
Call Number
QK481 .M6 1865
Classification
582
Language
English
Identifiers
LCCN:
https://lccn.loc.gov/11002297
NAL:
QK110 .M5313 1865
OCLC:
36139485
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