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1804264643Paris: Levrault Schoell et cie 1804. First edition. Large folding map of the United States west to the Mississippi. 4 vi 312 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary calf gilt ornamanental border on covers spine with gilt decoration and title label in red leather marbled endpapers a.e.g. Boards lightly rubbed joints cracked at the foot half inch loss at foot. First edition. Large folding map of the United States west to the Mississippi. 4 vi 312 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Best known as a botanist and the author "North American Sylva" Michaux chronicles here an 1800-mile journey through the regions west of the Allegheny Mountains. Sabin 48703; Howes M579; Clark II 106; Graff 2781 Levrault, Schoell et cie unknown books
180418630Paris: De L'Imprimerie De Crapelet 1804. First Edition. Quarter morocco. Very good. The first edition of Francois Andre Michaux's early exploration of the Allegheny Mountains titled Voyage à l'ouest des monts Alléghanys published in Paris in 1804. Octavo 4 vi 312pp 2. Contemporary marbled boards quarter green morocco spine title stamped in gilt. Heavily rubbed panels bumped top corner. Marbled endpapers. Text in French. Includes the half title and large fold-out map. Map is in near fine condition small dampstain along right hinge light wear along margins. Sabin 48703 Howes M579 Graff 2781. The first edition of this work was published in Paris in 1804 titled Voyage à l'ouest des monts Alléghanys dans les états de l'Ohio du Kentucky et du Tennessée et retour à Charleston par les Hautes-Carolines. The first English edition was published in London in 1805 with a second edition and the abridged edition following the same year. An excellent account of Francois A. Michaux's voyage down the Ohio River through the Kentucky territory and his return to Charleston. De L'Imprimerie De Crapelet unknown
1804264643Paris: Levrault Schoell et cie 1804. First edition. Large folding map of the United States west to the Mississippi. 4 vi 312 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary calf gilt ornamanental border on covers spine with gilt decoration and title label in red leather marbled endpapers a.e.g. Boards lightly rubbed joints cracked at the foot half inch loss at foot. First edition. Large folding map of the United States west to the Mississippi. 4 vi 312 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Best known as a botanist and the author "North American Sylva" Michaux chronicles here an 1800-mile journey through the regions west of the Allegheny Mountains. Sabin 48703; Howes M579; Clark II 106; Graff 2781 Levrault, Schoell et cie unknown
180410512Paris: Levrault Schoell & Co. 1804. First printing. Hardcover book. Overall very good condition. A pristine untrimmed copy of the first book by the author of the "North American Sylva" in period mustard colored laid papered boards. <br /> <br /> Francois Michaux made an 1800-mile journey made through the Eastern United States following in the footsteps of his father Andre who was on the Baudin voyage to Australia in 1800. "Michaux began to seek an opportunity to continue his father's work in North America. he sailed for America and arrived at Charleston South Carolina on 9 October 1801. He had been instructed to close down the nursery founded by his father at Charleston for economic reasons and he sent back to France those seedlings he thought worthy of cultivation. In the spring of 1802 Michaux toured the forests of New Jersey with David Hosack and also visited Hosack's newly established Elgin Botanic Garden in New York. From there he made an extended visit to Philadelphia where he met William Bartram and saw William Hamilton's fine collection of trees at Woodlands. He then made a journey through Pennsylvania Kentucky and Tennessee before returning to Carolina and he met on the way many of his father's old acquaintances. He returned to France at the end of 1803 to organize the shipments of plants and seeds that he had sent back and to make a series of reports on his work. Clearly by then he had formed the idea of producing a major work on the trees of North America" Ian MacPhail for ADNB. Howes M579; Clark II 106; Sabin 4870; Monaghan 1063; OCLC: 1545985.<br /> <br /> 8vo vi 312pp large folding copper engraved map of the eastern two-thirds of the US. In early mustard colored laid papered boards black leather & gilt title on spine. Slt. rubbed at edges o/w an extremely nice clean copy. Levrault, Schoell & Co. hardcover
1804WRCAM25885Paris 1804. vi312pp. plus folding map. Half title. Contemporary half speckled calf and salmon boards spine gilt green leather labels. Some minor flecking to spine but still bright and nice. A very good fresh copy. ".The zest with which Michaux describes some of the wonders of the West in this brief and discursive journal is as pleasant as his intelligent discussion of economical facts and puritan domesticity in the East.he gave his countrymen a correct and impressive idea of the products and promise of the great West but more especially of Ohio and Kentucky" - Thomson. A classic travel narrative by one of the great early naturalists in America later famous for his work on trees. With a handsome folding engraved map of the United States. <br> <br> The Streeter copy was bought by Scribner's for $160 in 1967. HOWES M579. HUBACH p.38. MEISEL III:365. SABIN 48703. THOMSON 822. MONAGHAN 1063. CLARK II:106. STREETER SALE 830. hardcover books
180464630Paris: Levrault Schoell et Compagnie An X -- 1804. First edition. 8vo. 4 xi 312 pp. Lacks the folding map. Inscribed on the verso of the half-title "Pour Monsieur J. J. / Himely de la part de / l'auteur"; Himely was a Charleston watchmaker in ca. 179-1810 who purchased a garden in that city on Michaux's behalf in 1792. Virginia novelist Amelie Rives's copy with her small book label on the front pastedown and inscribed to her by one Thomas S. White at Beaufort S.C. in 1894 addressing her as "Amelie Rives Chanler". Rives 1863-1945 goddaughter of Robert E. Lee and granddaughter of Virginia Senator William Cabell Rives was born in Richmond but lived most of her life early and late at Castle Hill near Charlottesville; she published her first novel at 23 and produced a string of popular titles over the next 40 years. Rives was married to John Armstrong Chanler a descendant of John Jacob Astor 1888-1895 and married Russian Prince Pierre Troubetzkoy the year after her divorce. Sabin 48703. Howes M-579. Clark Old South II 106. Streeter sale 830. Thomson 821: "Correct and impressive idea of the products and promise of the Great West but more especially of Ohio and Kentucky." Thoroughly foxed lacking the map and worn but inscribed by the author and with a nice Virginia association. Contemporary French calf very worn lacks lower two inches of spine front board eroded joints and corners worn etc. gilt ornaments and leather label on worn spine marbled endpapers. 10966. <br/><br/> Levrault, Schoell et Compagnie, An X -- hardcover books
18042510020027Chez Levrault Schoell et Compagnie libraires rue de Seine Hotel de La Rochefoucault. : De l'imprimerie de Crapelet. A Paris An XII 1804. First Edition. Hardcover. Acceptable. An Enthusiastic Frenchman's Early Exploration of the western United States Ohio and Kentucky Bound in original wraps. Wraps are worn splitting. Held in custom clamshell case. vi 312 pages fold out map of the United States; 21 cm 8vo. Sabin 48703 Howes M579; Clark 11-106; Streeter II 830. "The zest with which Michaux describes some of the wonders of the West in this brief and discursive journal is as pleasant as his intelligent discussion of economical facts and puritan domesticity in the East. He gave his countrymen a correct and impressive idea of the products and promise of the great West but more especially of Ohio and Kentucky " - Thomson 822. Chez Levrault, Schoell et Compagnie, libraires, rue de Seine, Hotel de La Rochefoucault. : De l'imprimerie de Crapelet., A P hardcover
18052416London: Printed for Richard Phillips by Barnard & Sultzer 1805. English Edition. Cloth. Very good. Travels To The Westward Of The Allegany Mountains by Francois Michaux one of three editions published in London in 1805. Octavo iv 5-96. Bound in contemporary green cloth title in gilt on spine new endpapers. Previous ownership inscription on front free endpaper. Large foldout map depicting the eastern half of the United States and Canada professional repair to tear along bottom panel reinforced hinge. Sabin 48706 Howes M-579 Clean text throughout. An attractive example of this early book on American exploration. The first edition of this work as published in Paris in 1804 titled Voyage à l'ouest des monts Alléghanys dans les états de l'Ohio du Kentucky et du Tennessée et retour à Charleston par les Hautes-Carolines. The first English edition was published in London in 1805 with a second edition and an abridged edition following the same year. An excellent account of Francois A. Michaux's voyage down the Ohio River through the Kentucky territory and his return to Charleston. Printed for Richard Phillips by Barnard & Sultzer unknown books
1805WRCAM55949London: Printed for Richard Phillips 1805. 96pp. plus folding frontispiece map 16 1/2 x 13 3/4 inches. Modern half morocco and cloth spine gilt. Very good. An abridgement of the second English edition translated from the original French of this classic travel narrative by one of the great early naturalists to work in America later famous for his work on trees. Michaux left France for America in 1801 and travelled through South Carolina New York Ohio Kentucky Pennsylvania and Tennessee returning to France in 1803. The map is noteworthy for locating the proposed states of "Franklinia" and "Morgania" to the east and west of Tennessee respectively and for showing the routes of a number of western roads. HOWES M579. CLARK II:106. Printed for Richard Phillips hardcover books
180551613London 1805. First edition in English translated by B. Lambert two other editions were also issued in London the same year. 8vo. xvi 350 2 pp. Folding map closed tear some foxing. Howes M-579. Sabin 48704. Clark Old South II 106. Thomson 822: "Best edition of Michaux's work." Early calf boards rebacked new leather spine label. Very good. <br/><br/> hardcover books
1805775London: B. Crosby and Co. and J.P. Hughes 1805. Second English Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Travels To The West Of The Mountains In The States Of Ohio Kentucky and Tennessea by F.A. Michaux. Octavo xii 294pp. Contemporary marbled boards rebacked with brown calf spine title in gilt over red morocco. Light wear to edges of boards. Internally clean and bright with occasional foxing not affecting text. Previous owners bookplate affixed to front endpaper. Sabin 48705 Howes M-579 No map called for in Howes or Sabin. The first edition of this work as published in Paris in 1804 titled Voyage à l'ouest des monts Alléghanys dans les états de l'Ohio du Kentucky et du Tennessée et retour à Charleston par les Hautes-Carolines. The first English edition was published in London in 1805 with a second edition and an abridged edition following the same year. An excellent account of Francois A. Michaux's voyage down the Ohio River through the Kentucky territory and his return to Charleston. B. Crosby and Co. and J.P. Hughes hardcover books
180562546London: Printed by D.N. Shury and Co. for B. Crosby and Co. and J. F. Hughes 1805. Second edition in English. 8vo. xii 294 pp. This edition published without a map. With the engraved bookplate of Sir Joseph Radcliffe 1744-1819 1st Baronet of Milnsbridge House Yorkshire. Howes M-579. Sabin 48705. Clark Old South II 106. This edition not in Thornton De Renne catalogue or Allen. Turnbull I p. 414. Coleman 3414. Thomson 823. Endpapers browned from binder's glue scattered foxing but very good. A lovely copy. Contemporary tree calf gilt rules and leather label on spine. 9295. <br/><br/> Printed by D.N. Shury and Co. for B. Crosby and Co. and J. F. Hughes hardcover books
180543223London. Very Good. 1805. Leather. Translated from French by B. Lambert. Showing age but a lovely book in good condition. Original leather binding well-preserved for age. Spine is legible. Has Western Reserve Historical Society bookplate on front paste down and related stamps/markings in front and back. Includes map which has been reinforced by tape at some rear creases. Shelfwear and rubbing to edges foxing to pages. Please contact us by phone with other questions. ; 5 1/2" x 8 1/2"; 350 pages . hardcover
18059154<p>Modern quarter coarse linen over blue paper covered boards withmorocco label to spine and new endpapers but with one of the original front endpapers pasted before the new one. Second edition published without the map from the first edition. Franklin Institute Library perforation stamp to title page but without any of the other usual ex library defacements. Overall a nice clean copy.</p><p>6 x 9.25 in</p> Printed by D.N. Shury for B. Crosby and Co. and J. F. Hughes hardcover
180557096London: E. Crosby and J. P. Hughes. Very Good-. 1805. Second Edition. Hardcover. Modern cloth with spine label. Ex-University library with bookplate and perforated stamps. Xii 294pp. Scattered foxing/mild stains. Second edition in English same year as first English edition. Firm binding with slight wear to extremities. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . E. Crosby and J. P. Hughes hardcover
180582593London: B. Crosby and Co. Stationers' Court; and J.F. Hughes Wigmore Street Cavendish Square 1805. Second English Edition. Leather-bound. Good Plus. 2nd English edition. Small 8vo later half-bound brown morocco and marbled boards gilt spine lettering lacking half title. Small library sticker to bottom of leather spine. Hinges reinforced with dark green library tape. Diagonal chip 1" x 2 1/2" chip missing from upper right corner of title page. Library perforation stamp and rubber stamps Univ of Texas 20 June 1901 and "Bindery" but not obscuring any text as well as UT bookplate to front pastedown. Occasional light bracketing in pencil. 294pp. Text very clean with light browning. Exlib. Old U. Texas bookplate. Paper spine label. Covers tight. Issued without the map that was present in the 1st English edition also 1805. Charming fascinating early travel account slightly abridged from the French 1804. Howes M-579. Sabin 48705. <br /> <br /> Very clean tight and affordable copy. Of particular note is a paragraph p. 291 and an outraged reader's penciled and bracketed comment in the margin: The enraging bit of text reads: ".Throughthe whole of the low country the agricultural labours are peformed by negro slaves and the major part of the planters employ them to drag the plough; they conceive the land is better cultivated and calculate besides that in the course of a year a horse for food and looking after costs ten times more than a negro the annual expense of which does not exceed fifteen dollars.". The reader's penciled comment reads: "An abominable lie too absurd to be credited". Howes M-579. Sabin 48705. B. Crosby and Co., Stationers' Court; and J.F. Hughes, Wigmore Street, Cavendish Square unknown
1805129949London: J. Mawman 1805. First edition in English. Hardcover. Good. xvi 350 2 p. 23 cm. Fold-out frontispiece map. Bound in half leather with marbled paper boards new endpapers. Professional repairs to map small holes and chip in title page. Pages 61-128 have repaired bottom corners with missing text on pp. 61-62 71-74 81-90 93-98 107 printed by hand. Pages 129-150 have chipped edges. Some light spotting. <br/><br/>Title continues: "in the States of the Ohio Kentucky and Tennessee and Return to Charlestown through the Upper Carolinas; Containing details on the present state of agriculture and the natural productions of these countries; as well as information relative to the commercial connections of these states with those situated to the eastward of the mountains and with lower Louisiana. Undertaken in the year X 1802 under the auspices of His Excellency M. Chaptal Minister of the Interior. With a very correct map of the States in the centre west and south of the United States." First published in Paris in 1804 Michaux's classic narrative relates his travels west of the Allegheny Mountains. The author is most famous as a botanist and author of North American Sylva. His 1800-mile journey began when he in the company of Jean Chaptal sailed for America and arrived at Charleston South Carolina October 9 1801. He had been instructed to close down a nursery founded by his father Andrew Michaux at Charleston for economic reasons and he sent back to France the seedlings he thought worthy of cultivation. In the spring of 1802 he began travels in other parts of the United States before returning to France at the end of 1803 and organizing the shipments of plants and seeds he sent back. In this travelogue Michaux comments on the various botanical specimens he observes as well as wildlife commerce viticulture in Kentucky Cherokees in Tennessee and much more. The large detailed map provides an excellent view of the East Coast Southeast and Midwest at the time. Howes M-579. Sabin 48704. J. Mawman hardcover
1802799591802. MICHAUX Francois. Andre. Travels to the Westward of the Allegany Mountains in the States of the Ohio Kentucky and Tennessee in the Year 1802. London: Richard Phillips 1805. 96pp. Folding Map. 19th-century 3/4 brown morocco and marbled boards brown morocco spine label T.e.g. Inner hinges repaired else very good. HOWES M-579. Graff 2780. Bradford 3461. Clark II:106. Hubach p.38. Meisel III:365-66. Monaghan 1063. Sabin 48704. Thomson 822. Three editions of Michaux's Travels were published in London in 1805. This edition is heavily abridged. Michaux was commissioned by the French government in 1801 to sell his father's tree plantations in Charleston. His journey lasted from August 1801 until March 1803 during which time he travelled extensively throughout the eastern central and southern U.S. Among his stops were Lexington and the horse farms of Kentucky; Nashville and Jonesborough Tennessee; Morganton North Carolina; and Chester Columbia and finally Charleston South Carolina. He comments heavily on the flora and fauna of Georgia and the Carolinas as well as on the health of the cotton and tobacco trades. A highly interesting account of a journey during which the author compiled much information for his later work The North American Sylva. The large very detailed map affords an excellent view of the East Coast Southeast and Midwest at the time. unknown
1805775London: B. Crosby and Co. and J.P. Hughes 1805. Second English Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Travels To The West Of The Mountains In The States Of Ohio Kentucky and Tennessea by F.A. Michaux. Octavo xii 294pp. Contemporary marbled boards rebacked with brown calf spine title in gilt over red morocco. Light wear to edges of boards. Internally clean and bright with occasional foxing not affecting text. Previous owners bookplate affixed to front endpaper. Sabin 48705 Howes M-579 No map called for in Howes or Sabin. The first edition of this work as published in Paris in 1804 titled Voyage à l'ouest des monts Alléghanys dans les états de l'Ohio du Kentucky et du Tennessée et retour à Charleston par les Hautes-Carolines. The first English edition was published in London in 1805 with a second edition and an abridged edition following the same year. An excellent account of Francois A. Michaux's voyage down the Ohio River through the Kentucky territory and his return to Charleston. B. Crosby and Co. and J.P. Hughes hardcover
180538935Columbus OH: Richard Phillips. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1805. 3rd . Cloth. Black and white map; Third edition 19th-century brown cloth. 8 1/4 x 5 inches 21 x 13 cm ; 96 pp. with folding map. The cloth of the spine darkened restored six-inch tear into the map without loss from the upper gutter. This printing is an abridgment of the second English edition to be included in Phillips'' 1805 Collection of Voyages and is a new translation from the French differing from the 1805 Mawman and Crosby issues. Tconsiderable coverage is given to Botany. The map depicts the West to and slightly beyond the Mississippi River with much detail in Kentucky and Tennessee Native American territories "Nation of the Bear" "Wandering Chipewas" etc. and East & West Florida to the south. Michaux is best known for his three volume North American Sylva. Clark Old South II: 106; Howes M579; Sabin 48706. Provenance book plate Richardh Bayard Dominick . . Richard Phillips hardcover
18052416London: Printed for Richard Phillips by Barnard & Sultzer 1805. Second English Edition. Cloth. Near fine. Travels To The Westward Of The Allegany Mountains by François André Michaux published in 1805 in London with folding frontispiece map. Octavo iv 5-96. Bound in green cloth title in gilt on spine new endpapers. Previous ownership inscription on front free endpaper. Frontispiece foldout map depicting the eastern half of the United States and Canada archival repair to closed tear along reinforced hinge. Map depicts the proposed states of "Morgania" and the known Indian tribes of the Upper Midwest. Clean text throughout. Sabin 48706 Howes M-579. The first edition of this work as published in Paris in 1804 titled Voyage à l'ouest des monts Alléghanys dans les états de l'Ohio du Kentucky et du Tennessée et retour à Charleston par les Hautes-Carolines. The first English edition was published in London in 1805 with a second edition and this abridged edition following the same year. An excellent account of Francois A. Michaux's voyage down the Ohio River through the Kentucky territory and his return to Charleston. Printed for Richard Phillips by Barnard & Sultzer unknown
180566984London:: Printed by D. N. Shury for B. Crosby 1805. Second English edition published without the map. old quarter calf over marbled boards; gilt paneled spine. Old ownership signature on flyleaf and at head of title page; some scattered light foxing; a few small losses to the spine; tight and sound. 8vo. Howes M-579. Printed by D. N. Shury for B. Crosby, hardcover
1869RO30115094IMPRIMERIE ET LIBRAIRIE GENERALE DE JURISPRUDENCE. 1869. In-8. Relié. Etat passable, Plats abîmés, Dos abîmé, Intérieur acceptable. 631 pages. Troisième édition.. . . . Classification Dewey : 840.091-XX ème siècle
1859289432Philadelphia: D. Rice & A. N. Hart 1859. Early American Edition. Full Leather. Very Good binding. Complete with portrait frontispiece and 156 botanical color plates. Nameplate on the front pastedown of each volume for George Warren Hammond 1833-1908 the manager of various paper mills chemistry student specializing in paper manufacture and member of the Maine Legislature and Maine Board of Agriculture. A student of botany Mr. Hammond no doubt enjoyed the stunning portrayals of North American trees found in these volumes. Faint dampstaining and spotting to the preliminaries of Vol. I and front board of this volume reattached by a conservator. Japanese tissue repair to the top of the spine of Vol. III. Embossed morocco with gilt lettering on the spine. All edges gilt. American Society of Mechanical Engineers Transactions Volume 30 pp. 1214-1215 accessed 11/1/2019. Very Good binding. D. Rice & A. N. Hart unknown books
185744114Philadelphia: D. Rice and A.N. Hart 1857. 3 volumes; together and uniformly bound with: Nuttall Thomas. The North American Sylva . not described in the work of F. Andrew Michaux Philadelphia 1859 3 volumes in 2; together 6 volumes in 5 large 8vo portrait frontispiece and 277 hand-colored plates many after Redouté and printed from the original French copperplates; some toning of the pages occasional minor spots and stains but generally a nice copy with attractive coloring; publisher's full brown blindstamped morocco gilt lettering on spine a.e.g.; minor rubbing and scuffing but on the whole a very good and pleasing set. "Few American color plate books had such lasting popularity as this classic work on American trees or as tangled a publication history . Thomas Nuttall travelled extensively in the South Midwest and West between 1815 and 1835. One of his goals was to gather materials to supplement Michaux's work. His work on American trees not covered in Michaux was first issued in 1842-1849 . In 1856 a fire destroyed the premises of the publishers of the joint edition. The Michaux copper plates were saved but the Nuttal stones were evidently lost and the later joint editions as here used new stones" Reese. Sitwell Great Flower Books p. 120 & 124; Bennett American Nineteenth Century Color Plate Books p. 76; Reese SWANC 21; Sabin 48695: "Of the two works united 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 giving descriptions and illustrations of all the forest trees of North America." <br/><br/> D. Rice and A.N. Hart unknown books
