Book ID: 107991
Fraser, Susan M., Sally Armstrong Leone (eds.)
The Trees of North America. Michaux and Redouté's American Masterpiece. 2017. 295 col. plates. 392 p. 4to. Hardcover.
The original book (The North American Sylva (1871) was the first descriptive flora of forest trees of North America.
Contents: The North American Sylva and the New York Botanical Garden (Greogory Long/ The North American Sylva: A Landmark of American Botanical History (Susan M. Fraaser) / Francois - André Michaux and Thomas Nuttall: The Forest and the Trees (Marta McDowell)/ The Plates/ The Species/ Afterword: The North American Sylva and the Art of Botanical Illustration (David Allen Sibley)/ Concordance/ Selected Bibliography/ Index / Contributors / Ackknowledgements.