THE NORTH AMERICAN SYLVA; OR A DESCRIPTION OF THE FOREST TREES OF THE UNITED STATES, CANADA, AND NOVA SCOTIA.
Michaux, François André:
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An early issue of Michaux and Nuttall's classic work of American natural history. Originally published as separate works, these titles merged into a regularly produced combined work of six volumes beginning in 1851. The Nuttall appears to have the same collation as the first edition of 1842-49. The Michaux has virtually the same collation as the 1850/51 and 1852 issues which precede it. The beautiful color plates were printed in Paris, many after Redouté. The Nuttall contains 121 plates, as in the first issue of 1842/46/49. The Michaux contains 156 color plates, as called for on the titlepage, six more plates than in previous issues. This publication is the most important work relating to American trees prior to the 20th century. It is the product of the efforts of two of the greatest naturalists to work in 19th-century America, François André Michaux and Thomas Nuttall. The beautifully executed plates illustrate leaves and nuts or berries of American trees across the entire continent. Sabin says of the work, "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." Michaux's work is 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. The plates were executed by the great French flower painter, Redouté, and his associate, Bessa. The sheets of the first effort at reprinting the work were destroyed by fire, but the copper plates were separately stored and thus survived to be employed in a later combined edition issued by Rice and Hart of Philadelphia Thomas Nuttall was one of the most intrepid American naturalists of his day, travelling extensively in the Mississippi Valley and the Far West in the 1820s and '30s to gather botanical specimens. His work, designed to supplement that of Michaux, covers eastern species overlooked by the Frenchman, and new species Nuttall had gathered in the Midwest and West. His work was first published in Philadelphia in 1842-49. 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. This set is attractively bound in a uniform green morocco presentation binding, with gilt ornaments, tooling, and botanical designs. The front board of each volume is also stamped in gilt: "Caleb S. Hallowell, to his brother James S. Hallowell. 1st. Mo. 31st. 1870" [i.e. January 31, 1870]. Caleb S. Hallowell (January 10, 1818 - February 7, 1870) born in Cheltenham, Pennsylvania, was a Quaker and an educator. From 1842 to 1846 he and his brother, James S. Hallowell (1821-1886), were principals of the well-regarded Alexandria Boarding School, which was founded by their uncle, Benjamin Hallowell, who also founded the Alexandria Female Seminary. The reason that Caleb Hallowell had this set beautifully bound and presented to his brother a week before Caleb's own death is unknown; however, a letter from Caleb to James in 1843 attests to their mutual interest in books, and in natural history specimens, an interest which apparently lasted to the end of Caleb's life. Each volume in this set carries a further pencil presentation inscription on a front free endpaper from James Hallowell's wife, Margaret, to their daughter, Florence, giving the set to Florence two years after her father's death. A handsome set, in a lovely presentation binding, of a classic of American natural history. BENNETT, p.76 (ref). MEISEL III, pp.379-81, 437. SABIN 48695, 56351. OAK SPRING SYLVA 20 (ref). Graustein, THOMAS NUTTALL (Cambridge, 1967). TAXONOMIC LITERATURE 5966, 6930. MacPHAIL, ANDRÉ AND FRANÇOIS ANDRÉ MICHAUX 6d, 24c. Savage, ANDRÉ AND FRANÇOIS ANDRÉ MICHAUX (Charlottesville, 1986). Three volumes. 156 handcolored engravings. Half title in first volume. [with:
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