MICHAUX F ANDREW The North American Sylva

Sale 2108 - Lot 200

Price Realized: $ 2,400

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Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500

MICHAUX, F. ANDREW. The North American Sylva. 153 (of 156) color plates; lacks plates of the Locust, American Holly and White Beech. 2 volumes. 8vo, contemporary calf, needs rebinding; foxing and browning principally to the text, offsetting from the text onto the plates. Paris: C. d'Hautel, 1819

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first edition. Originally published in parts and later issued as both three volume and two volume sets. Many of the impressive plates were after Redouté and colored in Paris under Michaux's own supervision. Sabin 48694; Meisel III, page 381.