Silva of North America
The fine engravings
below are by Charles Edward Faxon (see
also D.
C. Eaton ) and cut from the first edition of Charles Sprague Sargent's (1841-1927) very scarce, multi-volume Silva of North America:
A Description of the Trees Which Grow Naturally
in North America Exclusive of Mexico, published in Boston
and New York byHoughton, Mifflin and Co.,
1890-1902. The plates, engraved by Philibert and Eugene Picart,
are printed on good, very heavy paper and are in
excellent condition--just touch of darkening around the periphery.
Sargent's work was reproduced by the
University
of California in the 1930s, but the plates below are from the original
edition.
Size: 14 x 10.5 inches (page)
11.5 x 8.5 inches (plate impression)
11.5 x 8.5 inches (plate impression)
