Image Title

:  American Nettle Tree (Celtis occidentalis).

Creator

: Gabriel -- Engraver

Additional Name(s)

: Michaux, François André, 1770-1855 -- Author
Redouté, Henri-Joseph, 1766-1852 -- Artist

Medium

: Stipple engravings

Specific Material Type

: Prints

Item Physical Description

: Color stipple engraving, hand-colored.

Item/Page/Plate

: Pl. 114, v. 3, opp. p. [100]

Notes

: A branch with leaves and fruit of the natural size. Fig. 1. A sprig with flowers.

Source

: The North American sylva; or, A description of the forest trees of the United States, Canada, and Nova Scotia, considered particularly with respect to their use in the arts, and their introduction into commerce; to which is added a description of the most useful of the European trees ... Tr. from the French of F. Andrew Michaux ...

Source Description

: 6 v. [277] col'd. plates. 28 cm.

Location

: Stephen A. Schwarzman Building / General Research Division

Catalog Call Number

: VQV (Michaux, F. A. North American sylva. 1841)

Digital ID

: 1263447

Record ID

: 618324

Digital Item Published

: 3-11-2005; updated 2-12-2009