Source:
The North American sylva; or, A description of the forest trees of the United States, Canada, and Nova Scotia, considere ....
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Image ID: 1263411
Sweet Locust (Gleditsia triacanthos).
(1841-1849)
Image Details
Image Title
:
Sweet Locust (Gleditsia triacanthos).
Creator
:
Gabriel -- Engraver
Additional Name(s)
:
Michaux, François André, 1770-1855 -- Author
Bessa, Pancrace, 1772-ca. 1835 -- Artist
Medium
: Stipple engravings
Specific Material Type
: Prints
Item Physical Description
: Color stipple engraving, hand-colored.
Item/Page/Plate
: Pl. 79, v. 2, opp. p. [13]
Notes
:
A branch with leaves and a thorn of the natural size. Fig. 1. A pod of the natural size; Fig. 2. A seed.
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
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