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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.

The Trees of North America Michaux and Redoutes

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      Publisher: Abbeville Press Inc.,U.S.
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 17/05/2021
      ISBN13: 9780789214027, 978-0789214027
      ISBN10: 789214024

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      Book Synopsis
      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.

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