# The Trees of North America: Michaux and Redouté's American Masterpiece - Hardcover

by **Gregory Long** (Foreword by), **Marta McDowell** (Introduction by), **Susan M. Fraser** (Preface by)

François-André Michaux (1770-1855) was a French botanist whose work on the trees of North America gave the world's first illustrated account of American trees east of the Mississippi. From 1841 to 1849 Thomas Nuttall (1786-1859), an English botanist and one of the greatest plant explorers of North America, prepared supplementary volumes to Michaux's landmark work, _The North American Sylva_.

Full-color reproductions of all of the more than 270 plates are now included in a single volume for the first time. Mirroring Abbeville's best-selling National Audubon Society _Birds of America_, the book includes capsule summaries of every tree species featured, written by New York Botanical Garden staff, along with reference illustrations by David Allen Sibley.  

Garden President Gregory Long looks at the book in the context of the New York Botanical Garden; NYBG Library Director Susan M. Fraser examines this landmark of American botanical history; award-winning garden writer Marta McDowell recounts the two botanist-explorers uncovering the continent's arboreal riches; and best-selling ornithologist and natural history artist David Allen Sibley offers an aesthetic appreciation.  

Beautifully illustrated and extensively researched, _The Trees of North America_ will entice gardeners, art connoisseurs, and nature lovers alike.

### Author Biography

**The New York Botanical Garden** hosts more than one million annual visitors to its 250-acre National Historic Landmark site, which features over one million living specimens, as well as one of the world's preeminent plant research and conservation programs. Founded in 1899, the Garden's Mertz Library is one of the largest, most comprehensive botanical libraries in the world.

**David Allen Sibley** is one of the world's best-known natural history illustrators and the author of acclaimed field guides, including _The Sibley Guide to Trees_, which have sold more than one million copies.

**Gregory Long** is Chief Executive Officer and The William C. Steere Sr. President of The New York Botanical Garden.

**Susan M. Fraser** is Vice President and Director of the LuEsther T. Mertz Library at The New York Botanical Garden.

**Marta McDowell** is a gardener, lecturer, and horticultural writer. Her books include _All the Presidents' Gardens_ (2016) and _Beatrix Potter's Gardening Life_ (2013), winner of the Gold Award from the Garden Writers Association.

**Number of Pages:** 392

**Dimensions:** 1.3 x 11.2 x 8.2 IN

**Illustrated:** Yes

**Publication Date:** May 09, 2017

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