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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 the shores of the Pacific and into the confines of California, as well as in various parts of the United States. Illustrated by 122 fine plates. / By Thomas Nuttall ... In three volumes. Vol. I-[III] being the 4th-[6th] volume of Michaux and Nuttall's North American sylva.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection QK481 .M65 1842 v.1-3 (v.1-3)
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nuttall, Thomas, 1786-1859.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Botany--North America.
- Botany.
- North America.
- Trees--North America.
- Trees.
- Penn Provenance:
- Shinn, James (donor)
- Physical Description:
- 3 volumes : color illustrations ; 28 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : J. Dobson ..., 1842-1849.
- Notes:
- There is no plate nor description for no. XXX-XXXI but extra plate for no. V and X.
- Vol. 2 has imprint: Townsend Ward ... also for sale by Saxton & Miles ... New York ... 1846; v. 3, Smith & Wistar... G. P. Putnam ... New York, ... 1849.
- Local Notes:
- Bound in 6 vols.
- OCLC:
- 3187932
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