The North American Sylva; or a description of the forest trees of the U.S., Canada and Nova Scotia...

Various artists/makers

1859

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Title: The North American Sylva; or a description of the forest trees of the U.S., Canada and Nova Scotia...
Author: François André Michaux (French, 1770–1855)
Author: Thomas Nuttall (British, Long Preston, Yorkshire 1786–1859 St Helens, Lancashire)
Translator: John Jay Smith (American, 1798–1881)
Sitter: Frontispiece portrait of François André Michaux (French, 1770–1855)
Designer: Portrait after Rembrandt Peale (American, Bucks County, Pennsylvania 1778–1860 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Engraver: Portrait engraved by Henry Bryan Hall, Sr. (American (born England), London 1808–1884 Morrisania, Bronx, New York)
Designer: Pierre Joseph Redouté (French, 1759–1840)
Engraver: Jean Augustin Renard (French, 1744–1807)
Designer: Pancrace Bessa (French, 1772–1846)
Designer: A. Riché (French, active 18th century)
Publisher: D. Rice and A. N. Hart (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Date: 1859
Medium: Illustrations: hand-colored engravings
Dimensions: 11 x 7 1/16 x 1 7/16 in. (28 x 18 x 3.6 cm)
Classification: Books
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Charles Beekman Bull, in memory of Alice Hawke Reimer, 1967
Object Number: 67.738.6(1–5)
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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