SYLVA OF NORTH AMERICA

THIS IS A SERIES OF HAND COLOURED STIPPLE ENGRAVINGS
DRAWN BY REDOUTE AND BESSA AND PRINTED IN 1850
UNDER THE TITLE OF MICHAUX SILVA OF NORTH AMERICA.
P.J. REDOUTE AND HIS PRINCIPLE ARTIST P. BESSA
HAD A SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP WITH NAPOLEONS COURT,
ESPECIALLY WITH JOSEPHINE WHO WAS SMITTEN
BY REDOUTE'S ADVANCED ABILITIES IN PRINT MAKING.

THIS IS A REMARKABLE COLLECTION OF PRINTS AS THEY ARE
FOR THE MOST PART, IN PRISTINE CONDITION.
THE COLOURS ARE VIBRANT AND THE DRAFTSMANSHIP IS SUPERB.
UNFORTUNATELY THE PHOTO REPRODUCTION IS NOT AS
FINE AS THE ORIGINAL IMAGE. THEY ARE IN FACT BREATHTAKING.

THEY ARE MOUNTED TO A SIZE OF APPROX 11" X 13.5"
PRICES ARE AS NOTED.

Balsam Poplar C$250	Bass Wood C$250 US$190	Over Cup Black Jack Oak C$250	Pinus Black Sugar Maple C$250	Small Chestnut Oak C$250
Over Cup Oak C$250	Gray Oak C$250	Chene Quercitron C$250	Catalpa C$250	Barrens Scrub Oak C$250
Cedar of Lebanon C$250	Yellow Oak C$250	Common European Oak C$250 SOLD	Dutch Elm C$250 SOLD	Long Leaved Mountain Maple C$250
Red Elm C$250	Moose Wood C$250 SOLD	Red Maple C$250 SOLD	Sweet Locust C$250	Sycamore C$250
Rock Chestnut Oak C$250 SOLD	Rose Flowering Locust C$250 SOLD	Umbrella Tree C$250 SOLD	White Maple C$250

 
 

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