Long Gregory - The Trees Of North America Michaux And Redoutes American Masterpiece - Hardcover

Binding: Hardcover
Description: This Tiny Folio presents in modern taxonomic order all 277 of the hand - coloured plates from Fran ois - Andr Michaux's classic North American Sylva as well as the supplemental volumes by Thomas Nuttall. These masterworks of 19th - century botanical illustration - by such artists as Pierre - Joseph Redout and Pancrace Bessa - represent the leaves fruit and flowers of American trees with wonderful grace and clarity. Published in cooperation with the New York Botanical Garden The Trees of North America includes a preface and introduction describing how Michaux and Nuttall's pioneering work came to be.
Title: The Trees Of North America Michaux And Redoutes American Masterpiece
Author(s): Long Gregory
Publisher: Abbeville Press Inc. U. S.
Barcode: 9780789214027
Pages: 336 Pages, 277 Illustrations, Color
Publication Date: 4/13/2021
Series: Tiny Folio
Category: Natural History