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Verlag: Robert P. Smith, Philadelphia, 1853
Anbieter: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, USA
4 vols. Illustrated with lovely colored engravings: Vol. I, Plates 1-50; Vol. III, Plates 101-156; Nuttall Vol. II, Plates XLI-LXXX, and Nuttall Vol. III, Plates LXXXI-CXXI. 8vo, all four volumes uniformly bound in 19th c. green ribbed striped gilt-stamped cloth; all edges gilt. Michaux Vol. 1 front free endpaper absent. Vol. 3 title page nearly detached. There are just a few text pages slightly foxed. The plates are almost all entirely clean and fresh. Light use to cloth; tight and sound. All four volumes bear the intriguing 19th c. inscription: "Confiscated from John Taylor of Fleetwood Virginia and presented to John Blakeslee by his friend J. Washbourne." Possibly this set has been incomplete since that confiscation.
Erscheinungsdatum: 1865
Anbieter: G.S. MacManus Co., ABAA, Bryn Mawr, PA, USA
MICHAUX, F. Andrew, and NUTTALL, Thomas. The North American Sylva; or, a Description of the Forest Trees of the United States, Canada, and Nova Scotia. Phila.: Rice, Rutter & Co., 1865. 5 Vols. The Michaux volumes contains portrait frontis., 156 handcolored engravings; and the Nuttall volumes contain 121 handcolored lithographs. Modern calf-backed cloth, gilt-ruled raised spine bands, green morocco spine labels, A.e.g. Internally clean, a very good set. Bennett, p. 76. Meisel III, p. 436 (ref). Sabin 48695. Oak Spring Sylva 20 (ref.). Graustein, Thomas Nuttall (Cambridge, 1967). Taxonomic Literature 5966, 6930. Reese, Stamped with a National Character, 21 (ref.). Savage, André and François André Michaux (Charlottesville, 1986). This publication is the most important work on American trees prior to the 20th century. It is the product of the efforts of two of the greatest naturalists to work in nineteenth-century America, François A. Michaux (1770-1835) and Thomas Nuttall (1786-1859). The beautifully executed plates illustrate leaves and nuts or berries of American trees across the entire continent. "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" - Sabin. This is a reissue of the combined edition of the two works, issued by the Philadelphia publishers Rice, Rutter & Co., successors to Rice and Hart. Michaux's work was based on his extensive travels in the eastern half of America, and those of his father, from the 1790s on. Both men were friendly with Jefferson and other leading figures, who aided them in their work and travels. His book was first published with a Philadelphia imprint in 1817-19, although actually printed in Paris, where the plates were engraved as well. These plates were executed by the great French flower painters, Redouté and his associate, Bessa. The sheets of the first effort at reprinting were destroyed by fire, but the copper plates were separately stored and survived to be used in this edition, where the work of Michaux fills the first three volumes. The English-born Nuttall was one of the most intrepid naturalists of his day, traveling extensively in the Mississippi Valley and the Far West in 1820s and 1830s to gather botanical specimens. His work, designed to supplement that of Michaux, covers eastern species missed by the Frenchman and new species Nuttall had gathered in the Midwest and West. His work first appeared in Philadelphia in 1842-49. The publishers, Rice and Hart, then issued it as a combined set with Michaux's work in the uniform configuration found here, originally in 1857, then again in 1859, and then the firm of Rice, Rutter & Co. issued it in 1865, as in the present set. The more up-to-date method of using colored lithographs for the plates was employed in the Nuttall volumes, since the publisher did not have engraved plates in stock, as was the case with the Michaux work.
Verlag: W.M. Rutter & Co., Philadelphia, 1865
Anbieter: THE HERMITAGE BOOKSHOP, Denver, CO, USA
Illustrated with 277 hand-colored plates (156 in Michaux; 121 in Nuttall). (illustrator). Tall Octavos. 184; 180; 180; 207; 204, 205-15 (index). Translated from the French by J. Jay Smith. Michaux's work is also "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." Nuttall's work also contains "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." Nuttall's original lithographic stones used in earlier editions were destroyed in a fire, and new stones were created for this edition. Sabin 48695. Extremities scuffed with some tears and abrasions to leather. All plates present and pristine with a single instance of pressed leaf shadow to verso of plate 16 Michaux Vol. I., and marginal 2" strip offsetting to plate 115 Volume III. Five volumes uniformly bound in 3/4 brown morocco over marbled boards, aeg 1865 edition, combining the works of Michaux and Nuttall.
Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. First combined edition, later printing, 1854. With 236 fine hand-colored plates (both engravings and lithographs) each with a tissue guard. Bound in half dark green morocco, spine with five raised bands, lettered in gilt in two compartments, covers have a large gilt-stamped botany illustration in gold on both the front and rear covers, antique marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, lg 8vo (10 1/2 x 6 3/4 inches). The first volume of Michaux covers pines and firs, walnut and hickories, the second volume presents 20 different oaks, with maples, birches, beeches, chestnuts, and nyssas among other groups, and the third volume documents the magnolias along with ribinias, the tulip tree, the catalpa and others. The Volumes II and III of the Nuttall volumes (this set lacks Volume I) cover trees left out of Michaux as well adding descriptions of trees from Oregon, California and the Rocky Mountains where Michaux did not explore and collect. The first combined edition of Michaux and Nuttall was completed in 1849, just five years before this current issue was published. Sabin commented on the combined edition: '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 unrivaled 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.' Hand colored plates are bright; a remarkably clean and beautiful set (lacking one volume) in an elegant original binding.
3 Vols. NY 1850. Along with: THE NORTH AMERICAN SYLVA.Not Described in the Work of F. Andrew Michaux by Thomas Nuttall. 3 Vols. 10.5 x 6.75", cloth, EX-LIBRARY, covers sunned, light spotting & soiling, corners bumped, all edges gilt, inner hinges cracked, scattered foxing. WITH 277 HAND-COLORED PLATES. Total of 6 volumes, complete.
Verlag: Robert P. Smith, Philadelphia, 1854
Anbieter: Moroccobound Fine Books, IOBA, Lewis Center, OH, USA
Verbandsmitglied: IOBA
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Hardcover. Zustand: Good. First combined edition of Michaux and Nuttall, later printing. Six volumes measuring 10 1/2 by 6 3/4 inches. Hardcovers, bound in original gilt stamped cloth bindings; complete with 156 hand-colored plates in the Michaux and 121 hand-colored plates in the Nuttal (together 277 plates). The bindings edge-worn and spine-faded, the cloth split along the folds but joints firm. Library stamps on the title pages and bookplates; light scattered foxing; closed tear on one text leaf in vol. 3.
Verlag: D. Rice and A. N. Hart, Philadelphia, 1857
Anbieter: William Chrisant & Sons, ABAA, ILAB. IOBA, ABA, Ephemera Society, Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA
Zustand: Very Good+. Full dark brown morocco with embossed decoration to boards, 5 raised bands with debossed decoration and gilt particulars to spine. All edges gilt. Stated in the preface to this edition: "The whole of the sheets of the last imprint were destroyed by a fire at the bindery, wither they had been sent for collation; but fortunately the French copper-plates were in another building. This has enabled the new publishers to issue the work in a much improved style, and has allowed for opportunity for additional notes and remarks." Michaux's volumes contain 156 hand colored plates, all protected with tissue guards; and Nuttall's volumes contain 121 hand colored plates, also protected with tissue guards. Nuttall's title: "The North American Sylva. 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." Firm gutters and hinges. A handsome and supple set. Foxing to frontispiece of Michaux volume 1; Sabin 48695.
Anbieter: John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller, ABAA, San Francisco, CA, USA
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Philadelphia: Wm. Rutter & Co., 1865. 6 vols. in 5, roy. 8vo, 184; 180; 180; 206; 215 pp. With 277 hand-colored plates as noted below. Original de luxe binding of publisher's full brown morocco, covers richly blind-stamped, blind-stamped and gilt-lettered backstrips, gilt edges, collector's modern bookplate in each volume. Joints lightly scuffed. Very occasional foxing to tissue guards or plates but generally a very clean fresh set. § Combined edition of this classic work of American natural history in the finest de luxe format. "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." Sabin 48695. The plates, drawn for the original edition by the famous Redouté brothers and Pancrace Bessa, feature the leaves, berries, flowers, and nuts of trees from coast to coast. The Michaux volumes contain 156 hand-colored stipple engravings, and the Nuttall volumes contain 121 hand-colored lithographs, each showing the branch form, leaf, flower and fruit of the species. Michaux's work was actually carried out in the late 18th century, Nuttall's in the early to mid-19th century. Michaux was first published in France in 1817 to 1819; the first American edition combining the work of both authors was published in 1841-1852. This edition uses new stones for the Nuttall lithography since the originals were destroyed in 1856. Reese, Stamped with a National Character, 21.
Verlag: Wm. Rutter & Co, Philadelphia, 1865
Anbieter: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, USA
hardcover. Zustand: very good(+). (3 volumes with 156 engraved plates). TOGETHER WITH: Nuttall's North American Sylva Not Described in Michaux (2 volumes with 121 lithographed plates). Combined edition of the two works, complete in five volumes with 277 very fine hand-colored engraved plates, protected by tissue. The plates, drawn for the original edition by the famous Redoute brothers and Pancrace Bessa, feature the leaves, berries, flowers, and nuts of trees from coast to coast. Imperial 8vo, publisher's 3/4 brown morocco with blind-stamped and gilt-lettered spines (some light edgewear; bookplates removed with minimal damage to pastedown endpapers; pages and plates are very clean). Philadelphia: Wm. Rutter & Co., (1865/1871). A very good(+) copy. A classic work of American natural history. "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." -Sabin 48695.