The North American Sylva; or A Description of the Forest - Trees of the United States, Canada, and Nova Scotia. Volumes 1 and 3 only. [With]: The North American Sylva; or A Description of the Forest Trees...not Described in the Work of...Michaux. Volumes 2 and 3 only.
de MICHAUX, F. Andrew. NUTTALL, Thomas
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- Michaux Vol. 1 front free endpaper absent. Vol. 3 title page nearly detached. There are just a few text pages slightly foxed.
- Librería
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Rochester, New York, United States
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Philadelphia:: Robert P. Smith,, 1853; 1852 (Vol. III, Nuttall),. all four volumes uniformly bound in 19th c. green ribbed striped gilt-stamped cloth; all edges gilt.. Michaux Vol. 1 front free endpaper absent. Vol. 3 title page nearly detached. There are just a few text pages slightly foxed. The plates are almost all entirely clean and fresh. Light use to cloth; tight and sound. . 8vo,. Illustrated with lovely colored engravings: Vol. I, Plates 1-50; Vol. III, Plates 101-156; Nuttall Vol. II, Plates XLI-LXXX, and Nuttall Vol. III, Plates LXXXI-CXXI. . All four volumes bear the intriguing 19th c. inscription: "Confiscated from John Taylor of Fleetwood Virginia and presented to John Blakeslee by his friend J. Washbourne." Possibly this set has been incomplete since that confiscation.
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- Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 71928
- Título
- The North American Sylva; or A Description of the Forest - Trees of the United States, Canada, and Nova Scotia. Volumes 1 and 3 only. [With]: The North American Sylva; or A Description of the Forest Trees...not Described in the Work of...Michaux. Volumes 2 and 3 only.
- Autor
- MICHAUX, F. Andrew. NUTTALL, Thomas
- Ilustrador
- Illustrated with lovely colored engravings: Vol. I, Plates 1-50; Vol. III, Plates 101-156; Nuttall Vol. II, Plates XLI-LXXX, an
- Formato/Encuadernación
- All four volumes uniformly bound in 19th c. green ribbed striped gilt-stamped cloth; all edges gilt.
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Michaux Vol. 1 front free endpaper absent. Vol. 3 title page nearly detached. There are just a few text pages slightly foxed.
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- Robert P. Smith,
- Lugar de publicación
- Philadelphia:
- Fecha de publicación
- 1853; 1852 (Vol. III, Nuttall),
- Páginas
- 4 vols.
- Tamaño
- 8vo,
- Atención
- Puede que se trate de un conjunto de varios volúmenes y requiera de gastos de envío adicionales.
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Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books
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Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books
Miembro de Biblio desde 2005
Rochester, New York
Sobre Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books
Specializing in modern first editions since 1978. Fine and rare books in all fields.
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- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
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- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
