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Picturesque America in 2 vols 1872-74
Picturesque America in 2 vols 1872-74
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Author: Bryant, William Cullen
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
Place Published: New York
Publisher:D. Appleton
Date Published: [1872-1874]
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2 volumes. Steel-engraved plates, including frontispieces and additional title pages, with tissue-guards; numerous wood engravings within text. 31.8x24.5 cm (12½x9½"), full brown morocco (Vol. II is a lighter, tan color), lettered in gilt, stamped border decoration to covers; gilt dentelles; all edges gilt; marbled endpapers. 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.

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Extremities rubbed; dampstaining along bottom edge of first half of Volume I not affecting images or text; very good.
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Picturesque America in 2 vols 1872-74

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