> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 459](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33355546) of TL-2 Vol. III > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/12682-1) LSID 12682-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2986883) QID Q2986883 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Michaux, François-André (1770-1855), French botanist; son of André M., whom he accompanied to the United States 1785-1790; travelled again in the U.S. 1801-1803 and 1806-1807. **Abbreviated name**: *F. Michx* \[standard form in IPNI: *F.Michx.*\] #### Herbarium and types No separate collections made by Michaux fils are known to exist. He may have based himself mainly on his father's herbarium. According to Deleuze (Hist. Muséum p. 319) F. A. Michaux' types are at [[Collection P|P]]. – The original drawings for the *Histoi*re des *arbres forestiers* are at the Bibliothèque Centrale of the Paris Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. #### Bibliography and biography AG 4: 532, 2(1): 450; Backer p. 369; Barnhart 2: 485; BM 3: 1305; Bossert p. 266. CSP 4: 376, 12: 506; DAB (by H. B. Baker); Dawson p. 502, 515, 610; Frank 3(Anh.): 65; GF p. 68; GR p. 340; Hegi 7: 559; Herder p. 466; Hortus 3: 1199 ("Michx. f."); IH 2: 535; Jackson p. 360, 508; Kew 3: 675; Langman p. 505; Lasègue p. 576 \[index\]; Lenley p. 464; ME 1: 312, 3: 363, 365, 366, 371, 379-381, 736; NI 1360-1361; Plesch p. 335; PH 129; PR 6195-6197 (ed. 1: 6906-6910); Rehder 5: 571; TL-1/839-842, 929; Tucker 1: 483; Urban-Berl. p. 308, 375; Zander ed. 10, p. 692, ed. 11, p. 789. - Anon., Biographies membres Soc. agric. France 1854-58: 338. 1874 (n.v.; fide NI). - Barnhart, J. H., Torreya 9: 247. 1909 (portr.); J. New York Bot. Gard. 24: 153. 1923 (b. 16 Aug 1770, d. 23 Oct 1855); Mem. Torrey bot. Club 16: 296. 1921. - Candolle, Alph. de, Phytographie 433. 1880 (herb.). - Coats, A. M., The plant hunters 282, 285-286, 292. 1969. - Chinard, Proc. Amer. philos. Soc. 101(4): 344-361. 1957 (see also "Les botanistes français en Amérique du Nord", Paris 1957). - Coker, W. C., J. Elisha Mitchell Sc. Soc. 27: 65-72. 1911 (portr.). - Darlington, W., Memorials 477. 1849. - Duprat, G., *in* J. F. Leroy, Bot. franç. Amér. nord. 241-252. 1957. - Durand, E., Proc. Amer. philos. Soc. 6: 223-227. 1856; Trans. Amer. philos. Soc. 11: xvii-xxviii. 1856; Amer. J. Sci. ser. 2. 24: 161-177. 1857. - Ewan, J., *in* J. F. Leroy, Bot. franç. Amér. nord. 37. 1957. - Ewan, J. et al., Short hist. bot. U.S. 38. 1969. - Geiser, S. W., Natural. Frontier 16, 241. 1948. - Gray, A., Amer. J. Sci. ser. 2. 22(64): 137-138. 1856; London J. Bot. 1: 11-12. 1842. - Gray, J. L., Letters A. Gray 382, 500, 540, 692, 813. 1893. - Graustein, J. E., Thomas Nuttall 472 \[index\]. 1967. - Hedrick, U. P., Hist, hortic. America 192-194, 400, 409, 501. 1950. - Humphrey, H. B., Makers of North American Botany 177-179. 1961. - Jessen, K. F. W., Bot. Gegenw. Vorz. 485 \[index, refs. to A. and F.A.M.\]. - Lacroix, A., Figures de Savants 5: 80, 157. 1938. - Leroy, J. F. et al., Bot. franç. Amér. nord 354 \[index\]. 1957. - MacPhail, I., Cat. Redout. 54-56. 1963. - Milner, J. D., Cat. Portr. Kew 84-85. 1906. - Motte, J., *in* J. F. Leroy, Bot. franç. Amér. nord 57-72, *pl. viii.* 1957 (corr.). - Penhallow, D. P., Trans. R. Soc. Canada 5(sect. 4): 9, 45, 1888, ser. 2. 3(4): 48-49. 1897. - Poiret, J. L. M., Enc. méth., bot. 8: 740-741. 1808. - Rodgers, A. D., William Starling Sullivant 352 \[index\]. 1940; John Torrey 21, 40, 106, 133. 1942; Liberty Hyde Bailey 37, 123. 1949; Bernard Eduard Fernow 18, 45, 48, 145. 1951. - Schramm, J. R., Proc. Amer. philos. Soc. 100: 145-149. 1956 (memorial), 101: 336-343. 1957 (influence on forestry); *in* J. F. Leroy, Bot. franç. Amér. nord 287-300. 1957 (id.). - Stafleu, F. A., *in* Daniels, G. and F. A. Stafleu, Taxon 21(5-6): 638. 1972 (portr.). - Sutton, S. B., Charles Sprague Sargent 85, 144, 152, 281, 377. 1970. - Thwaites, R. G., Early Western travels 1748-1846, 3: 10-20. 1904. - True, R. H., Proc. Amer. philos. Soc. 78(2): 313-327. 1937 (biogr., notes on explorations). - Urban, I., Symb. ant. 1: 107. 1898, 3: 86. 1902. - Wittrock, V. B., Acta Horti Berg. 3(2): 115. 1903. #### Handwriting Candollea 32: 171-172. 1977; see also *in* J. F. Leroy, Bot. franç. Amér. nord *pl. xxx. 1957.* ### Publications ##### n.5959. Voyage à l'ouest des monts Alléghanys **Title** *Voyage à l'ouest des monts Alléghanys*, dans les états de l'Ohio, du Kentucky et du Tennessée, et retour a Charleston par les Hautes-Carolines; contenant des détails sur l'état actuel de l'agriculture et les productions naturelles de ces contrées, ainsi que des renseignements sur les rapports commerciaux qui existent entre ces états et ceux situés à l'est des montagnes et la Basse Louisiane; entrepris pendant l'an x-1802, sous les auspices de son excellence M. Chaptal, ministre de intérieur. Avec une carte très-soignée des états du centre, de l'ouest et du sud des Etats-Unis. Par André Michaux, M.D. membre... À Paris (de l'imprimerie de Crapalet. chez Levrault, Schoell et Compagnie,...) an xii-1804. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Voy. ouest Alléghanys*. **Notes** *Issue* (a): 1804, p. \[i\*-iii\*\], \[i\]-vi, \[1\]-312, map. *Copy*: US (map absent). – Author's name as "André Michaux". *Issue* (b): 1804, p. \[i\*, in\*\], \[i\]-vi, \[1\]-312, map. *Copy*: NY. – Only difference with issue (a): author's name on t.p. "F. A. Michaux." *English translation, issue* (*p*): 1805, p. \[i\]-xvi, \[1\]-350, map. *Copies*: NY, USDA. –"Travels to the westward of the Allegany mountains, in the states of the Ohio, Kentucky, and Tennessee,... undertaken in the year x, 1802,... by F. A. Michaux,... faithfully translated from the original french by B. Lambert. London (printed by W. Flint,... for J. Mawman,...) 1805. Oct. \[translator: Aymler Bourke Lambert 1761-1842\]. *English translation, issue* (*q*): 1805, p. \[i\]-xii, \[1\]-294. *Copies*: FI, NY. – "*Travels*... undertaken in the year 1802,..." London (printed by D. N. Shury,... for B. Crosby and Co.... and J. F. Hughes,...) 1805. Oct. (in fours). ##### n.5960. Mémoire sur la naturalisation des arbres forestiers **Title** *Mémoire sur la naturalisation des arbres forestiers* de l'Amérique septentrionale, dans lequel on indique ce que l'ancien gouvernement avoit fait pour arriver à ce but, et les moyens, qu'il conviendroit d' employer pour y parvenir; suivi d'un tableau raisonné des arbres de ce pays, comparés avec ceux que produit la France... À Paris (Chez Levrault, Schoel et Compagnie,...) an xiii-1805. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Mém. naturalis. arbr. forest.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1805 (P. 36: 22 Ventose an xiii, 13 Mar 1805), p. \[1\]-36, chart. *Copy*: MO. – Mém. Soc. Dép. Seine, tome 7. ##### n.5961. Histoire des arbres forestiers de l'Amérique septentrionale **Title** *Histoire des arbres forestiers de l'Amérique septentrionale*, considérés principalement sous les rapports de leur emploi \[vol. 1; usage, vols. 2,3\] dans les arts et de leur introduction dans le commerce, ainsi que d'après les avantages qu'ils peuvent offrir aux gouvernemens en Europe et aux personnes qui veulent former de grandes plantations. Paris (1: chez l'auteur ... de l'imprimerie de L. Haussmann et d'Hautel; 2, 3: de l'imprimerie de L. Haussman) 1810-1813, 3 vols. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Hist. arbr. forest.* **Notes** *Issue* (1): on "papier vélin grand in Quarto" (actually Oct. in fours), with double sets of plates, in black and in colour. *Copy*: USDA. *1*: 1810 (t.p., for actual dates see below), p. \[i\], portr., \[iii-viii\], \[1\]-222, *pl. 1-14, 1-10.* *2*: 1811 (t.p., id.), p. \[i, iii\], 1-128, *pl. 1-26*, p. 129-278, *pl. 1-24.* *3*: 1813 (t.p., id.), p. \[i-iii\], 1-114, *pl. 1-11*, *pl. 1-9* (6 as "7"), *115-408*, \[1-2, err.\], *pl. 10-13* (10 as "11", 12 as "10"), *1-11*, *1-11* (4 as "5"), *1-13, 1-5*. *Issue* (2): on "ordinary" paper, with a single set of plates, in colour. *Copies*: BR (2,3), G, MO, NY. – *Imprint*: as in issue (1). *Precise dates*: see below. *Number* of copies printed: 400. *1*: 1810, p. \[i\]-xii, \[1\]-222, *pl. 1-14, 1-10.* *2*: 1812, p. \[i-vii\], \[1\]-280, *pl. 1-26, 1-24.* *3*: 1813, p. \[i-iii\], \[1\]-\[126\], 129-408, \[1-2, err.\], *pl. 1-11*, *1-13* (6 as "7", 10 as "11", 12 as "10"), *1-11*, *1-11* (4 as "5"), *1-13, 1-5*. *Issue* (*3*), of *vol. 1* only, as issue (2) but with imprint Paris (de l'imprimerie de L. Haussmann et d'Hautel). *Copies*: BR, HU, NY. – p. \[i-ii; double in NY\], \[iii-v\], \[1\]-41, \[i-iii, t.p. Paris\], \[43\]-119, \[1, table\], *pl. 1-14*, \[i-v, Noyers\], \[149\]-222, *pl. 1-10.* |Vol. |part |fasc. |text |*plates* |dates| |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- | |1 |1 |1,2 |1-150 |1-14 |9 Jul 1810| | |2 |3,4 |151-222 |1-10 |Aug 1818| |2 |1 |5,6 |1- |1-x, 5bis |15 Apr 1811| | |2 |7,8 |-128 |x-26 |Aug 1811| | |3 |9,10 |129-206 |1-12, 4bis |22 Nov 1811| | |4 |11,12 |207-280 |13-24 |7 Mar 1812| |3 |1 |13,14 |1-70 |1-11 |14 Mai 1812| | |2 |15,16 |71-130 |1-13 |24 Jul 1812| | |3 |17,18 |131-172 |1-11 |2 Oct 1812| | |4 |19,20 |173-244 |1-11 |4 Dec 1812| | |5 |21,22 |245-310 |1-13 |22 Jan 1813| | |6 |23,24 |311-410 |1-5 |19 Mar 1813| In vol. 3, part 2, *plate 6* is erroneously numbered *7, 10* has no. *11, 12* has no. *10*. In vol. 3, part *4*, *plate 4* is erroneously numbered 5. The figures of *plates 6* and 7 mentioned in the text of 3(6), are on *plates 4 and 5*. *Vol. 1*, parts 1-2 (*Pins*, p. \[i-iii\], \[43\]-149, \[1, table\], *pl. 1-14*, 1810) issued separately as *Histoire des Pins et Sapins*... parts 3-4 (*Noyers*, p. \[i-v\], \[151\]-222, *pl. 1-10.* 1811) issued separately as *Histoire des* *Noyers*..., *Copy*: PH. *Vol. 2*, parts 5-8 (*Chênes*, p. \[i-iii\], \[1\]-128, \[1, table\], *pl. 1-26.* 1811) issued separately as *Histoire des Chênes*... (not to be confused with A. Michaux' *Histoire des Chênes de l'Amérique*, Paris 1801) (BF 21 Mai 1811, erroneously as A. Michaux' work). The 140 (138 plus 2 bis plates which were intended to replace the proper numbers) stipple engravings are colour-printed and retouched by hand. They are from drawings by P. Bessa (75), P.J. Redouté (32), H.J. Redouté (27), A. Riché (3) and A. Redouté \[sic\] (1).– Ms 328 of the Paris Muséum contains 147 \[sic\] of the original drawings. This is possible because some figures are combined on one plate. *Austrian edition*; of *Chênes* 1842, loose leaves \[1\] and \[2\] text, *plates 1-26* (uncoloured; loose), portfolios with cover text: "*Die Eichen der Vereinigten Slaaten von Nordamerika* und Canada nach Andreas Michaux. 26 Tafeln, mit der nöthigen Erklärung und den botanischen, englischen und deutschen Namen." Wien (Ludwig Förster's artistische Anstalt) 1842. – The two leaves of text have brief descriptions of the 26 species illustrated. *Copy*: MO. *Ref*.: Junk, W., Rara 1: 64. 1900-1913 (collection). ##### n.5962. The North American sylva **Title** *The North American sylva*, 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. Illustrated by 150 coloured engravings. By F. Andrew Michaux,... Philadelphia (sold by Thomas Dobson. – Solomon Conrad), Paris (printed by C. d'Hautel) 1817-1819, 3 vols. Oct. (in fours). **Abbreviated title**: *N. Amer. sylv.* **Notes** *Publ*.: in three volumes 1817-1819, vols. 1 and 2 each in 2 half volumes, vol. 3. in 3 "half" volumes. *Copies*: FH (complete), L (3(5)missing), NY (complete), US (some half volume t.p.'s missing). See Sotheby no. 530 for an analytical collation. Plates printed in colour, finished by hand; for artists see French ed. - *1*(*1*): 1817, (BF 18 Jan 1817), p. \[i\*-iii\*\], \[i\]-xii, \[1\]-135 \[136, cont.\], *pl. 1-3, 4*("6"), *5, 6* ("4"), *7-28*. - (*2*): 1817 (BF 9 Aug 1817), p. \[i\], \[137\]-268, \[269\], *pl. 29-50.* Text on p. \[269\]: "N. For the translation of the present half volume, I am indebted to my friend August L. Hillhouse, of Connecticut F.A.M.\]. - *2*(*3*): 1818 (BF 13 Jun 1818),p. \[i-iii\], \[1\]-116, \[117, cont.\], *pl. 51-75.* ( - *4*): 1818 (BF 19 Dec 1818), p. \[i\], \[117\]-250, *pl. 76-100.* - *3*(*5*): 1819 (BF 10 Apr 1819),p. \[i-iii\], \[1\]-82, \[83, cont.\], *pl. 101-105, 106* ("107"), *107* ("106"), *108-125*. - (*6*): 1819, (BF 10 Jul 1819), p. \[i\], \[83\]-195, *pl. 126-133, 134* ("1*re*"), *135,136* ("2"), *137* ("3"), *138, 139* ("4"), *140* ("5"). *141* ("6"), *142* ("7"), *143* ("8"), *144* ("9"), *145* ("10"), *146, 147* ("11"), *148* ("12"), *149* ("13"), *150* ("14"), \[i, cont.\]. - (*7*): 1819, p. \[i\], 195-285, \[286, err.\], *pl. 151-156.* The title-page of this "half" volume calls for *156* plates. *Paris reissue in three volumes*: 1819. *Copy*: MO.... "*The North American sylva*, 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. Illustrated by 156 coloured engravings. Translated from the French of F. Andrew Michaux,..." Paris (printed by C. d'Hautel) 1819, 3 vols, Oct. (in fours). *1*: \[i\*-v\*\], \[i\]-v (dated 20 Mai 1819), \[1\]-268, *pl. 1-50.* *2*: \[i-iii\], \[1\]-247, *pl. 51-100.* *3*: \[i-iii\], p. \[1\]-285, \[286, err.\], *pl. 101-105,106* ("107"), *107* ("106"), *108-141,143* ("144"), *Preface*: by "A. L. H." Augustus Lucas Hillhouse (1791-1859), translator. *Paris reissue in two volumes*: 1819. *Copies*: HU, NY, US, USDA. – "*The North American sylva*, \[... as above...\] Nova Scotia, considered... arts, and... illustrated by 156 coloured engravings. Translated from the French of F. Andrew Michaux,... Paris (printed by C. d'Hautel) 1819. 2 vols. Qu. *1*: p. \[i\*, iii\*, v\*\], \[i\]-v \[dated 20 Mai 1819\], \[1\]-112 ("112-136"), 137-385 ("383"), \[1, cont.\], *pl. 1-75*, col. copp. *2*: p. \[i, iv\], *pl. 76*, \[1\]-417, \[418, err.\], *pl. 77-105, 106* ("107"), *107* ("106"), *108-142, 143* ("144"), *144* ("143"), *145-156*. *Preface*: by "A. L. H." Augustus Lucas Hillhouse (1791-1859), translator. *Note*: This two volume edition may have been published in seven parts between 1817 and 1819. Our information is still in complete. ##### n.5963. Mémoire sur le Zelkoua **Title** *Mémoire sur le Zelkoua*, Planera crenata. Arbre forestier originaire des bords de la Mer Caspienne et de la Mer Noire, particulièrement propre aux plantations des grandes routes, des avenues et des places publiques, dans les communes rurales... par André-Michaux \[i.e. F. A. Michaux\],... À Paris (Chez Mme. Huzard,... Arthus-Bertrand,... Audot,...) 1831. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Mém. Zelkoua*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1831 (submitted 13 Dec 1830, p. \[24\]: 12 Mar 1831), p. \[i-iii\], *1 pl*. (uncol.), \[1\]-20, \[22, 24\]. *Copy*: MO. *Note*: for *Zelkova* Spach (1841, nom. cons.) see e.g. I.N.G. 3: 1888. 1979. ##### n.5964. The North American sylva **Title** *The North American sylva*; 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. Illustrated by 156 coloured engravings. Translated from the French of F. Andrew Michaux,... with three additional volumes, containing all the forest trees discovered in the Rocky Mountains, the territory of Oregon, down to the shores of the Pacific and into the confines of California, as well as in various parts of the United States. Illustrated by 122 finely coloured plates. By Thomas Nuttall, F.L.S.,... the whole forming six volumes, and comprising 278 plates... Philadelphia (J. Dobson,... Printed by William Amphlett, New Harmony, Indiana) 1841-1842. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *N. Amer. sylv.* **Notes** *Publ*.: The first three volumes of this *New Harmony edition* are a reprint of the 1819 Paris reissue (3 vols.) of the Hillhouse translation (no. 5962). Volumes 4-6, by Nuttall, are treated under that author. The plates are as in the 1819 reissue. *Copies*: MO (bound in 2 vols.), NY (complete). *1*: 1841, p. \[i\]-xviii, \[1\]-122, *pl. 1-50* (as in 1819 reissue). *2*: s.d. \[1841\], p. \[i\]-iv, 123-184, *pl. 51-76*, \[1\]-74, *pl. 77-100.* *3*: 1842, p. \[i\]-iv, \[75\]-216, *pl. 101-105, 106* (as "107"), 107 (as "106"), *108-142, 143* (as "144"), *144* ("143"), *145-156*. ##### n.5965. North American sylva **Title** *North American sylva*, 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. Illustrated by 156 colored engravings. Translated from the French of F. Andrew Michaux,... in two volumes... Cincinnati (published by W. Amphlett and Doolittle & Munson) 1842. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *N. Amer. sylv.* **Notes** *Publ*.: A reissue in two volumes of the material contained in the first three volumes of the 1841 New Harmony edition treated above. The coloring of the plates is poor; they are still the same as those in the Paris 1819 Hillhouse translation. *Copy*: MO. *1*: 1842, p. \[i\], \[1\]-184, *pl. 1-75.* *2*: 1842, p. \[i\], 1-216, *pl. 76-105, 106* (*as* "*107*"), *107* (as "106"), *108-142,143* (as "144"), 144 (as "143"), *145-156*. ##### n.5966. The North American sylva **Title** *The North American sylva*; 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. Illustrated by 156 coloured copperplate engravings, by Redouté, Bessa, etc. Translated from the French of F. Andrew Michaux,... with notes by J. Jay Smith,... in three volumes... Philadelphia (Robert P. Smith) New York (G. P. Putnam) 1850-1851. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *N. Amer. sylv.* **Notes** *Notes*: John Jay Smith (1798-1881), see Barnhart 3: 294. *1*: 1850 (p. viii, Feb 1850), p. \[i\]-viii, \[1\]-123, *pl. 1-50.* *2*: 1850, p. \[1\]-128, *pl. 51-100.* *3*: 1851, p. \[i-ii\], *pl 101*, \[1\]-144, *pl. 102-105, 106* (as "107"), *107* (as "106"), *108-142, 143* (as "144"), *144* (as "143"), *145-156*. *Copy* NY (t.p. vol. 1 lacking). – Plates as in 1819. For continuation see Nuttall. *Re-issue*: 1853. *Copies*: MO, US. – Philadelphia (Robert P. Smith) 1853. Qu., 3 volumes as in 1850. *Re-issue*: 1856. *Copy*: NY. – Philadelphia (A. N. Hart,...) 1856. Qu., 3 volumes, as in 1850. *Re-issue*: 1857. *Copies*: MO, NY. – Philadelphia (published by D. Rice & A. N. Hart,...) 1857. Oct., 3 volumes, as in 1850. *Re-issue*: 1859. *Copies*: G, NY(2), USDA. – Philadelphia (published by D. Rich & A. N. Hart,...) 1859. Oct., 3 volumes, as in 1850. *Re-issue*: 1865. *Copies*: MO, US (2 copies, on with portr. author), USDA. – Philadelphia (published by Rice, Rutter & Co.,...) 1865. Oct., 3 volumes as in 1850. *Re-issue s.d.* (1865 or later). *Copies*: NY(2). – Philadelphia (Wm. Rutter & Co.,...) s.d., 3 volumes as in 1850, with portr. author. All American editions used the French copper plates.