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Artist, b. 1786 - d. 1859

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  • NUTTALL, Thomas (1786-1859). A Journal of Travels into the Arkansa Territory, During the Year 1819. With Occasional Observations on the Manners of the
    Dec. 17, 2023

    NUTTALL, Thomas (1786-1859). A Journal of Travels into the Arkansa Territory, During the Year 1819. With Occasional Observations on the Manners of the

    Est: $2,000 - $4,000

    NUTTALL, Thomas (1786-1859). A Journal of Travels into the Arkansa Territory, During the Year 1819. With Occasional Observations on the Manners of the Aborigines. Philadelphia: Thos. H. Palmer, 1821. First edition. "The naturalist records in almost every chapter some incidents of his personal intercourse with the Chichasaw, Cherokee, and Osage Indians, then inhabiting the territory explored" (Sabin). Graff 3055; Howes N-229; Sabin 56348; Streeter sale 1597; Wagner-Camp 19a. Octavo (218 x 134mm). Engraved folding map after Nuttall by H.S. Tanner (some offsetting) and five aquatint plates by F. Kearny (heavily browned). Contemporary calf (rebacked, old spine laid down, scraped, corners showing). Provenance: William Harrison (armorial bookplate).

    Christie's
  • Thomas Nuttall (British, 1786-1859) "Oval leaved Birch," "Cherry Fig-tree," "Holly leaved Cherry," "Thin leaved Alder,""Red Thorn," ...
    Jan. 21, 2022

    Thomas Nuttall (British, 1786-1859) "Oval leaved Birch," "Cherry Fig-tree," "Holly leaved Cherry," "Thin leaved Alder,""Red Thorn," ...

    Est: $400 - $600

    Thomas Nuttall (British, 1786-1859) "Oval leaved Birch," "Cherry Fig-tree," "Holly leaved Cherry," "Thin leaved Alder,""Red Thorn," "Currant leaved Maple," "Mountain Sugar Maple," and "Small Fruited Fig Tree," suite of eight hand-colored bookplate engravings from "The North American Sylva," published Philadelphia, 1853, legend lower margins, presented in narrow gilt frames, H.-9 in., W.- 5-1/2 in. (8 Pcs.)

    Crescent City Auction Gallery
  • Thomas Nuttall (British, 1786-1859) "Oval leaved Birch," "Cherry Fig-tree," "Holly leaved Cherry," "Thin leaved Alder,""Red Thorn," ...
    Sep. 19, 2021

    Thomas Nuttall (British, 1786-1859) "Oval leaved Birch," "Cherry Fig-tree," "Holly leaved Cherry," "Thin leaved Alder,""Red Thorn," ...

    Est: $500 - $900

    Thomas Nuttall (British, 1786-1859) "Oval leaved Birch," "Cherry Fig-tree," "Holly leaved Cherry," "Thin leaved Alder,""Red Thorn," "Currant leaved Maple," "Mountain Sugar Maple," and "Small Fruited Fig Tree," suite of eight hand-colored bookplate engravings from "The North American Sylva," published Philadelphia, 1853, legend lower margins, presented in narrow gilt frames, H.-9 in., W.- 5-1/2 in. (8 Pcs.)

    Crescent City Auction Gallery
  • Thomas Nuttall (British, 1786-1859) "Oval leaved Birch," "Cherry Fig-tree," "Holly leaved Cherry," "Thin leaved Alder,""Red Thorn," ...
    May. 08, 2021

    Thomas Nuttall (British, 1786-1859) "Oval leaved Birch," "Cherry Fig-tree," "Holly leaved Cherry," "Thin leaved Alder,""Red Thorn," ...

    Est: $1,000 - $1,500

    Thomas Nuttall (British, 1786-1859) "Oval leaved Birch," "Cherry Fig-tree," "Holly leaved Cherry," "Thin leaved Alder,""Red Thorn," "Currant leaved Maple," "Mountain Sugar Maple," and "Small Fruited Fig Tree," suite of eight hand-colored bookplate engravings from "The North American Sylva", published Philadelphia, 1853, legend lower margins. presented in narrow gilt frames, H.-9 in., W.- 5-1/2 in. (8 Pcs.)

    Crescent City Auction Gallery
  • Book, "North American Sylva", 1865, Five Volumes
    May. 21, 2018

    Book, "North American Sylva", 1865, Five Volumes

    Est: $1,000 - $2,000

    Francois Andre Michaux (1770-1855), three volumes with 156 colored engravings, and Thomas Nuttall (1786-1859), three volumes in two with 121 colored engravings, subtitled: "or, A Description of the Forest Trees of the United States, Canada, and Nova Scotia. Considered Particularly with Respect to Their Use in the Arts and Their Introduction into Commerce. To Which is Added a Description of the Most Useful of the European Forest Trees", Rice, Rutter & Co., Philadelphia, 1865. Half bound hardcovers with marbled boards, gilt tooling and edges, and frontispiece in first volume.

    Locati LLC
  • NUTTALL, THOMAS. 1786-1859. A Journal of Travels i
    Dec. 10, 2014

    NUTTALL, THOMAS. 1786-1859. A Journal of Travels i

    Est: -

    NUTTALL, THOMAS. 1786-1859. A Journal of Travels into the Arkansa Territory, During the Year 1819. With Occasional Observations on the Manners of the Aborigines. Philadelphia: Thomas H. Palmer, 1821.

    Bonhams
  • NUTTALL, THOMAS
    Jun. 04, 2013

    NUTTALL, THOMAS

    Est: $3,500 - $5,000

    A  Journal  of  Travels  into  the  Arkansa  Territory,  during  the  Year  1819.    With  Occasional  Observations  on  the  Manners  of  the  Aborigines.    Philadelphia:  Printed  and  Published  by  Thos.  H.  Palmer,  1821 8vo  in  half-sheets  (8  1/2  x  5  1/4  in.;  216  x  133  mm).    Folding  frontispiece  map  after  Nuttall  by  H.  S.  Tanner,  5  aquatint  plates  by  F.  Kearny;  map  with  some  fold  separation,  text  lightly  browned,  erasure  of  small  ink  notation  on  lower  portion  of  title.    Spine  renewed  with  original  printed  label  laid  down,  mottled  boards;  some  soiling.

    Sotheby's
  • Michaux, Francois Andre (1770-1855) and Nuttall, Thomas (1786-1859), The North American Sylva, Philadelphia: Rice, Rutter & Co., 186...
    Nov. 13, 2011

    Michaux, Francois Andre (1770-1855) and Nuttall, Thomas (1786-1859), The North American Sylva, Philadelphia: Rice, Rutter & Co., 186...

    Est: $3,000 - $4,000

    Michaux, Francois Andre (1770-1855) and Nuttall, Thomas (1786-1859), The North American Sylva, Philadelphia: Rice, Rutter & Co., 1865, five volumes, hand-colored plates heightened with gum arabic, three-quarter morocco, 8vo, (good, with minor shelf wear, light toning, and scattered light soiling).

    Skinner
  • NUTTALL, THOMAS. 1786-1859. A Journal of Travels into the Arkansa Territory, During the Year 1819. With Occasional Observations on the Manners of the Aborigines. Philadelphia: Thomas H. Palmer, 1821.
    Dec. 02, 2010

    NUTTALL, THOMAS. 1786-1859. A Journal of Travels into the Arkansa Territory, During the Year 1819. With Occasional Observations on the Manners of the Aborigines. Philadelphia: Thomas H. Palmer, 1821.

    Est: $4,000 - $6,000

    A Journal of Travels into the Arkansa Territory, During the Year 1819. With Occasional Observations on the Manners of the Aborigines. Philadelphia: Thomas H. Palmer, 1821. xii, 9-296 pp. With folding engraved frontispiece map after Nuttall by H. S. Tanner, 5 aquatint plates. 8vo (230 x 135 mm). Untrimmed in original boards. Custom solander box. Occasional light toning, scattered paper flaws, short tear at foot of one leaf, map with splits at fold intersections, rebacked preserving original spine label and recornered. FIRST EDITION. Nuttall was a British botanist who traveled up the Mississippi with John Bradbury in 1810. Eight years later, he sailed up the Arkansas River to Fort Smith, in the company of Major Bradford, and observed the Chickasaw, Cherokee, and Osage peoples, before returning to New Orleans in 1821. Field 1145; Howes N229; Sabin 56348; Streeter sale 1597; Wagner-Camp 19a. Provenance: sold by Edward Morrill in 1949 to Frank T. Siebert. Acquisition: Siebert sale, Sotheby's New York, Oct 28, 1999, lot 812, $4,600.

    Bonhams
  • Thomas Nuttall (British, 1786-1859)
    May. 30, 2009

    Thomas Nuttall (British, 1786-1859)

    Est: $200 - $400

    Thomas Nuttall (British, 1786-1859) "Botanical Specimens", pair of hand-colored engravings, sight 10" x 8", legend listed alongside each botanical. Glazed, matted and presented in carved giltwood frames.

    St Charles Gallery
  • MICHAUX, François André (1770-1855) and Thomas NUTTALL (1786-1859). The North American Sylva; or, A Description of the Forest Trees of the United States, Canada and Nova Scotia. Philadelphia: D. Rice & A.N. Hart, 1859.
    Dec. 05, 2008

    MICHAUX, François André (1770-1855) and Thomas NUTTALL (1786-1859). The North American Sylva; or, A Description of the Forest Trees of the United States, Canada and Nova Scotia. Philadelphia: D. Rice & A.N. Hart, 1859.

    Est: $3,000 - $4,000

    MICHAUX, François André (1770-1855) and Thomas NUTTALL (1786-1859). The North American Sylva; or, A Description of the Forest Trees of the United States, Canada and Nova Scotia. Philadelphia: D. Rice & A.N. Hart, 1859. 5 volumes, large 8o (265 x 175 mm). 277 hand-colored engraved or lithographed plates. Contemporary brown blind-tooled morocco, spines gilt, edges gilt (some rubbing to joints, and corners). Provenance: Paul E. Zillessen (ink stamp on titles and bookplate). Later edition. "Few American color plate books had such lasting popularity as this classic work on American trees, or as tangled a publication history... In 1856 a fire destroyed the premises of the publisher of the joint edition. The Michaux plates were saved, but the Nuttall stones were evidently lost, and the later joint editions used new stones" (Reese, Stamped with a National Character: Nineteenth Century American Color Plate Books 21); Nissen BBI 1361; Staflau & Cowan 5966. (5)

    Christie's
  • Michaux, Francois Andre (1770-1855), and Nuttall, Thomas (1786-1859), The North American Sylva, Philadelphia: W.M. Rutter & Co., 1871,
    Nov. 18, 2007

    Michaux, Francois Andre (1770-1855), and Nuttall, Thomas (1786-1859), The North American Sylva, Philadelphia: W.M. Rutter & Co., 1871,

    Est: $800 - $1,200

    Michaux, Francois Andre (1770-1855), and Nuttall, Thomas (1786-1859), The North American Sylva, Philadelphia: W.M. Rutter & Co., 1871, in five volumes, with numerous colored plates, three quarter morocco, 8vo, (extremity wear with scuffs to morocco, library markings [including stamps to plates], minor toning, starting).

    Skinner
  • MICHAUX, François André (1770-1855) and Thomas NUTTALL (1786-1859). The North American Sylva;
    Dec. 15, 2005

    MICHAUX, François André (1770-1855) and Thomas NUTTALL (1786-1859). The North American Sylva;

    Est: $3,000 - $4,000

    MICHAUX, François André (1770-1855) and Thomas NUTTALL (1786-1859). The North American Sylva; or, A Description of the Forest Trees of the United States, Canada and Nova Scotia. Philadelphia: D. Rice & A.N. Hart, 1857. 5 volumes, large 8 o (267 x 174 mm). 277 hand-colored engraved or lithographed plates. Contemporary brown blind-tooled morocco, spines gilt, edges gilt (some rubbing to joints, vol. 1 front hinge cracked). "Few American color plate books had such lasting popularity as this classic work on American trees, or as tangled a publication history... In 1856 a cire destroyed the premises of the publisher of the joint edition. The Michaux plates were saved, but the Nuttall stones were evidently lost, and the later joint editions used new stones" (Reese, Stamped with a National Character: Nineteenth Century American Color Plate Books 21). (5)

    Christie's
  • MICHAUX, FRANCOIS ANDRE; and NUTTALL, THOMAS. The North American Sylva.
    Dec. 04, 2003

    MICHAUX, FRANCOIS ANDRE; and NUTTALL, THOMAS. The North American Sylva.

    Est: $3,000 - $4,000

    Portrait, 156 hand-colored engraved plates, 121 hand-colored lithographed plates [complete]. Large 8vo, contemporary 1/ 2 morocco, minor wear; the text a bit toned, but the plates bright and clean; ex-library, with a bookplate on the pastedowns but no other markings. Philadelphia, 1859

    Swann Auction Galleries
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