(BOTANICAL) Michaux Francois Andre; and Nuttall Thomas The N

Sale 1974 - Lot 302

Price Realized: $ 3,910

?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price

Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 4,000

NICE COPY (BOTANICAL.) Michaux, Francois Andre; and Nuttall, Thomas. The North American Sylva. Portrait frontispiece to volume 1, 277 hand-colored engraved plates. 6 volumes in 5. Large 8vo, publisher's blind-stamped morocco, minor wear at extremities; the plates bright and clean; bookplate on the front pastedowns. Philadephia: Rice, Butter & Co., 1865

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"Of the two works united, it is no exaggeration to remark that it is the most complete work of its kind, and is a production of unrivalled interest and beauty, giving descriptions and illustrations of all the forest trees of North America, from the arctic limits of arborescent vegetation to the confines of the tropical circle"--Sabin 48695 and 56351; Reese, American Color Plate Books 21; Bennett, page 76; Nissen, Botany 1361 and 1458; Sitwell, Great Flower Books, page 120.