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NORTH AMERICAN SYLVA - APPLE)
Crab Apple. Malus coronaria.
Bessa (illus). Gabriel (engraved by).
Philadelphia. No date. Ca 1850s. Color stipple engraving with added handcolor, image 7 3/4 x 5 1/4 on sheet 10 1/4 x 6 1/2 inches. A few spots to lower left image, very good condition. Paper is creamy white. This is plate 65 from an... Item #49395
Price: $94.50
NORTH AMERICAN SYLVA - CAROLINIAN ASH)
Carolinian Ash. Fraxinus platicarpa.
H. J. Redoute (illus). Gabriel (engraved by).
Philadelphia. 1857. Color stipple engraving, added handcolor, image 8 x 5 inches on sheet 10 1/2 x 6 3/4 inches. Foxing in upper and right margins, just affecting the image in a couple of places; dampstain in upper left margin well outside image... Item #36747
Price: $52.50
NORTH AMERICAN SYLVA - CEDAR)
Arbor vitae or White Cedar. Thuya occidentalis.
Redoute, H. J. (illus). Gabriel (engraved by).
Philadelphia. No date. Ca. 1850s. Color stipple engraving, added handcolor, image 8 x 5 inches on sheet 10 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches. Small chip to upper right corner (well outside plate area), very good condition. This is plate 156 from an edition... Item #44363
Price: $66.50
NORTH AMERICAN SYLVA - CORK OAK)
Cork Oak. Quercus suber.
Bessa (illus). Gabriel (engraved by).
Philadelphia. No date. Ca 1850s. Color stipple engraving with added handcolor, image 8 x 5 inches on sheet 9 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches. Light scattered foxing and faint offsetting, brown paper tape to upper edge of verso from previous matting, otherwise good condition. This... Item #44400
Price: $45.50
NORTH AMERICAN SYLVA - DOGWOOD)
Cornus Nuttallii. Large-flowered Dogwood. Cornouiller de Nuttall.
Nuttall, Thomas.
Philadelphia. 1857. Lithograph, handcolored, image 7 1/2 x 5 inches on sheet 10 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches. Three small spots, two in margin outside image area, one at lower left in text area, otherwise clean and bright. A striking image of a soft pink flower of a.... Item #36737
Price: $101.50
NORTH AMERICAN SYLVA - GEORGIA BARK)
Georgia Bark. Pinckneya pubens.
Redoute, H. J. (illus). Gabriel (engraved by).
Philadelphia. No date. Ca. 1850s. Color stipple engraving, added handcolor, image 8 x 5 inches on sheet 10 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches. Light toning to paper. This is plate 49 from an edition of the Michaux / Nuttall work "The North American... Item #44399
Price: $101.50
NORTH AMERICAN SYLVA - HICKORY)
Mocker Nut Hickory. Juglans tomentosa.
Bessa (illus). Bessin (engraved by).
Philadelphia. No date. Ca 1850s. Color stipple engraving with added handcolor, image 7 3/4 x 5 1/4 on sheet 10 1/4 x 6 1/2 inches. Very good condition. Paper is white. This is plate 35 from an edition of the Michaux / Nuttall work "The... Item #49396
Price: $77.00
NORTH AMERICAN SYLVA - HORSE CHESTNUT)
Aesculus Californica. Californian Horse Chestnut. Marronnier de Californie.
Nuttall, Thomas.
Philadelphia. 1857. Lithograph, handcolored, image 7 1/2 x 5 inches on sheet 10 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches. Paper missing at lower left corner but still leaving a wide margin, otherwise very good condition. Depicts an image of a branch segment with small pink flowers. This is plate... Item #36746
Price: $101.50
NORTH AMERICAN SYLVA - LOBLOLLY PINE)
Loblolly Pine. Pinus toeda.
Redoute, P.J. (illus). Bessin (engraved by).
Philadelphia. No date. Ca 1850s. Color stipple engraving with added handcolor, image 8 x 5 on sheet 10 x 6 1/2 inches. Very good condition. This is plate 143 from an edition of the Michaux / Nuttall work "The North American Sylva; or, a.... Item #36753
Price: $101.50
NORTH AMERICAN SYLVA - LOCUST)
Locust. Robinia pseudo acacia.
Bessa (illus). Gabriel (engraved by).
Philadelphia. No date. Ca 1850S. Color stipple engraving with added handcolor, image 8 x 5 on sheet 10 x 6 1/2 inches. Very good condition. Paper is a creamy white. This is plate 76 from an edition of the Michaux / Nuttall work "The North... Item #36764
Price: $101.50
NORTH AMERICAN SYLVA - MAGNOLIA)
Large Magnolia or Big Laurel. Magnolia Grandiflora.
Redoute, P. J. (illus). Gabriel (engraved by).
Philadelphia. No date. Ca 1850s. Color stipple engraving with added handcolor, image 8 x 5 inches on sheet 10 1/2 x 6 3/4 inches. A couple of faint fox spots, light offsetting, good condition. Toning to paper. This is plate 51 from an... Item #44410
Price: $77.00
NORTH AMERICAN SYLVA - OAK)
Chesnut White Oak. Quercus Pus. palustris.
Bessa (illus). Gabriel (engraved by).
Philadelphia. No date. Ca 1850s. Color stipple engraving with added handcolor, image 8 x 5 inches on sheet 10 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches. Left edge trimmed to platemark (3/8 inch from neatline). This is plate 8 from an edition of the Michaux / Nuttall... Item #44367
Price: $87.50
NORTH AMERICAN SYLVA - POPLAR)
Common White or Grey Poplar. Populus canescens.
Bessa (illus). Gabriel (engraved by).
Philadelphia. No date. Ca. 1850s. Color stipple engraving, added handcolor, image 8 x 5 inches on sheet 10 1/2 x 6 1/4 inches. Archival tape from previous matting along upper edge of verso; very good condition. This is plate 100 from an edition of the... Item #44383
Price: $87.50
NORTH AMERICAN SYLVA - RHODODENDRUM)
Dwarf Rose Bay. Rhododendrum maximum.
Bessa (illus). Gabriel (engraved by).
Philadelphia. No date. Ca 1850s. Color stipple engraving with added handcolor, image 8 x 5 on sheet 10 x 6 1/2 inches. 1/2 inch margin at left edge, very good condition. Paper is white. A particularly fine, strong image. This is plate 67 from an... Item #36760
Price: $115.50
