MICHAUX, Francois Andre (1770-1855)Biblio.com
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181325430Paris: L'Imprimerie de L. Haussmann 1813. 3 volumes tall octavo. 9 3/4 x 6 1/4 inches. Half-titles 2pp. of errata at end of vol.III. 138 hand-coloured colour stipple engravings. Extra illustrated with a carte-de-visite albumen portrait photograph of the author by J.A. Whipple of Boston tipped in at the front of vol.I. Foxing to the text some minor offsetting to the plates. Expertly bound to style in half dark brown morocco over nineteenth century marbled paper-covered boards spines lettered in gilt<br/> <br/> Provenance: Theodore Lyman III 1833-1897 signature in each volume<br/> <br/> Theodore Lyman's copy of the original issue in French of Michaux's great work on North American trees including beautiful colour plates printed in Paris many after Redouté.<br/> <br/> This is the most important work relating to American trees published prior to the 20th century and excepting the unillustrated Arbustrum Americanum by Humphrey Marshall Philadelphia 1785 it is the first significant work devoted to North American sylva. In the English translation as The North American Sylva this book remained the standard work on the subject for most of the 19th century. It was the product of the efforts of one of the greatest naturalists to work in 19th-century America François A. Michaux who together with his father André was a pioneer in the natural history exploration of Eastern North America. The beautifully-executed plates illustrate leaves and nuts or berries of American trees across the entire continent. The English and Latin names are printed in the caption of each plate. Michaux's work is based on his extensive travels in the Eastern half of America and those of his father from the 1790s on. Both men were friendly with Jefferson and other leading figures who aided them in their work and travels. The plates were executed by the great French flower painter Redouté and his associate Bessa. At least two sets are known to have the date of 1813 on the title-page of the first volume most likely denoting a later issue. The first volume of this copy bears the correct date of 1810. The work was issued in twenty-four parts during 1810-1813. This set with provenance to American soldier and naturalist Theodore Lyman III. Lyman studied under Louis Agassiz at Harvard and continued his studies researching starfish off the Florida coast. After a European tour at the outbreak of the Civil War he served on General Meade's staff. Following the war he was a state Fish Commissioner a federal commissioner and one of the first scientists to advocate the widespread use of fish ladders known then as "fishways." He was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and of the National Academy of Sciences a trustee of the Peabody Education Fund and an overseer of Harvard University. This copy extra-illustrated with a rare carte-de-visite albumen portrait photograph of F.A. Michaux by John Adams Whipple 1822-1891 of Boston after the daguerrotype portrait taken for Dr. Asa Gray during his visit to Paris in June 1851.<br/> <br/> Cf. MacPhail Andre and Francois Andre Michaux 12B title to vol.II dated 1812; Meisel IIIp.371; Oak Spring Sylva 19; cf. Stafleu & Cowan III 5961 title to vol.II dated 1812; Great Flower Books 1990 p. 119; Nissen BBI 1360. L'Imprimerie de L. Haussmann unknown
51-6030Paris: De l'imprimerie de L. Haussmann et d'Hautel 1810-13. . 3 volumes. Large 8vo 252 x 162 mm. 138 of 141 engraved color stipple engraved plates finished by hand. Contemporary mottled calf decorated with gilt foliate borders on covers gilt spines restored; lacking 2 "bis" plates in volume II not present in all issues foxing. on some text pages but plates fresh.FIRST EDITION of the first work on the subject of the trees of North America. Issued in 24 fascicules over 3 years with some variation in collation plate count and title page variants; in this case the text corresponds to Stafleu issue 2 but with an issue 3 title page in volume 3. Great Flower Books p 68; Nissen BB1 1360; MacPhail 12b; Stafleu-Cowan TL2 5961; Bibliotheque National de France ark:/12148/bpt6k97835c/; OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:49107118; MacPhail Andre and Francois Andre Michaux 12B title to vol.II dated 1812; Meisel IIIp.371; Oak Spring Sylva 19;."In 1806 Michaux again set sail for America but was captured by the British and detained for several months in Bermuda. Arriving in New York in May he spent the next three years studying and classifying trees in the northeastern United States Quebec and Nova Scotia. In 1807 he met Robert Fulton and became such a good friend that he was one of two passengers on the Clermont 's landmark trip up the Hudson River. After returning to France he wrote a three-volume work called The North American Sylva; or A Description of the Forest Trees of the United States Canada and Nova Scotia. It was published in Paris from 1810 to 1813 and translated into English five years later. Michaux spent most of the rest of his life managing experimental farms owned by the Société Centrale de l'Agriculture near Paris devoting much of his work to the cultivation and propagation of trees and shrubs grown from seeds he had sent back from America." Paris: De l'imprimerie de L. Haussmann et d'Hautel, 1810-13. unknown
46617MICHAUX Francois Andre. The North American Sylva Or A Description of Forest Trees of the UNITED STATES CANADA AND NOVA SCOTIA. Paris: Printed by C. D'Hautel 1819 - 1818 - 1819. Three volumes containing seven "half volumes" each with its own titlepage. 4v3268; 4250; 2851pp. plus 156 handcolored plates. Half title in each of the three volume. Contemporary three quarter straight-grained red morocco and plain paper boards spines gilt. Boards rubbed. Spine head of first volume neatly repaired. Bookplate on each front pastedown. Scattered foxing mostly confined to text with the plates generally clean and brightly colored. Very good. BENNETT p.76. MEISEL III pp.379-81. SABIN 48694. OAK SPRING SYLVA 20 ref. NISSEN 1361. TAXONOMIC LITERATURE 5962. MacPHAIL ANDRE & FRANCOIS-ANDRE MICHAUX 17b. Savage ANDRE AND FRANCOIS ANDRE MICHAUX Charlottesville 1986. The first reissue of the first edition of Michaux following the original 1817 edition. The same beautiful color plates printed in Paris many after Redoute are present here as in the first issue. This publication is the most important work relating to American trees prior to the 20th century. It is the product of the efforts of one of the greatest naturalists to work in 19th century America Francois A. Michaux. The beautifully executed plates illustrate leaves and nuts or berries of American trees across the entire continent. Thomas Nuttall later continued the work begun by Michaux and of the combined work of both men Sabin states: "It is no exaggeration to remark that it is the most complete work of its kind and is a production of unrivalled interest and beauty." Michaux's work is based on his extensive travels in the eastern half of America and those of his father from the 1790s on. Both men were friendly with Jefferson and other leading figures who aided them in their work and travels. This edition was printed in Paris where the plates were engraved as well. Both volumes contain the Paris imprint of D'Hautel. The plates were executed by the great French flower painter Redoute and his associate Bessa. The sheets of the first effort at reprinting the work were destroyed by fire but the copper plates were separately stored and thus survived to be employed in a later combined edition issued by Rice and Hart. unknown
1946649451946. Fine. s. d. 1946-1947 25 x 34 cm une feuille Original ink on cartridge paper signed in ink on the lower right with Henri Michaux's monogram HM. A tiny tear causing no effect at the top of the leaf. The drawing has been authenticated by M. Franck Leibovici Henri Michaux's beneficiary and will be entered into the catalogue raisonné in preparation. The work appeared in the Michaux exhibition catalogue at the Galerie Drouin in 1948 and belongs to Michaux's Meidosem or psychologism period an artistic pseudo-movement of which he was both the initiator and the only follower. It is in 1946 in the preface to Peinture et Dessins entitled Thinking about the phenomenon of painting ' that Michaux explains the rules of this art aiming to paint the portrait of temperaments 15.' Indeed for him to paint a face is to project the essence on to the paper or canvas: There is a certain inner ghost that you should be able to paint and not just the nose the eyes the hair that we can see on the outside. often as tough as old boots. In Rosaline Deslauriers Les Meidosems d'Henri Michaux : émergences du dedans résurgences orientales Littérature et mathématiques Numéro 68 Winter 2002. Beautiful and rare ink drawing perfectly preserved. unknown
