The Trees of North America: Michaux and Redouté's American Masterpiece (Tiny Folio) family traditions "--Janette Currie

"--Janette Currie

Peaceable Kingdom

The House of Mapuhi

Pub Date: May 08

The Trees of North America: Michaux and Redouté's American Masterpiece (Tiny Folio) family traditions "--Janette CurrieThis Tiny Folio presents, in modern taxonomic order, all 277 of the hand colored plates from Franois Andr Michaux's classic North American Sylva, as well as the supplemental volumes by Thomas Nuttall. These masterworks of nineteenth 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