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Author Michaux, Francois Andre, 1770-1855.

Title The North American sylva, or, A description of the forest trees of the United States, Canada and Nova Scotia [microform] : 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 / translated from the French of F. Andrew Michaux, with notes by J. Jay Smith.

Imprint Philadelphia : Rice, Rutter, 1865.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe Basement Library of American Civilization Microfiche Cabinets  LAC 20913-14.    ---  Available
Description 5 v. : 277 plates.
Series Library of American civilization ; LAC 20913-14.
Note There is no plate or description numbered XXX-XXXI (v. 4), but extra plates numbered V and X.
Vols. 4-5 have title: The North American sylva, or, A description of the forest trees of the United States, Canada 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 ... By Thomas Nuttall ... 3 v. in 2. Vols I-[II] being the 4th-[5th] vols. of Michaux and Nuttall's North American sylva.
Reproduction Microfiche. Chicago : Library Resources, 1970. 2 microfiches ; 8 x 13 cm. (Library of American civilization ; LAC 20913-14)
Subject Trees -- North America.
Added Author Nuttall, Thomas, 1786-1859.
Smith, John Jay, 1798-1881.
Added Title The North American sylva.
A description of the forest trees of the United States, Canada and Nova Scotia.

 
    
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