Title:
Picturesque America; Or, The Land We Live In: A Delineation by Pen and Pencil of the Mountains, Rivers, Lakes, Forests, Water-Falls, Shores, Cañons, Valleys, Cities, and other Picturesque Features of Our Country
Author:
Bryant, William Cullen, Ed.
Description:
2 vols. viii, 568; vi, 576 pp. With steel-engraved plates, incl. frontispieces & added pictorial title-pages, with tissue guards; numerous wood engravings, some full page. 12½x9½, original full decoratively embossed brown morocco, ornately lettered in gilt on the front covers with gilt vignette of artist's pallette, spine lettered in gilt, raised bands, gilt inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, a.e.g. First Edition.
Noteworthy for the numerous fine steel-engraved plates; the artists represented include Thomas Moran, Harry Fenn, James D. Smillie, J.D. Woodward, Granville Perkins and others.
Lot Amendments
Condition:
Bindings well scuffed and worn, front covers detached; some soiling and wear within, a few pages torn, good condition, sold as is.
