Picturesque America;: Illustrations from the original 1874 edition, colored in the style of the period. The mountains, rivers, lakes, forests, ... of our country by eminent American artists
by William Cullen Bryant [Introduction]; Oliver Jensen [Introduction];
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- ISBN 10
- 0070324611
- ISBN 13
- 9780070324619
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Picturesque America was first published by Appleton's as a serial, received semi-monthly by subscribers. Once their subscription was complete, the serials would be bound into a two-volume set, a variety of binding options available for the original 1872 and 1874 books. Picturesque America took readers on a tour of America through art and writing. It included 65 essays written by various authors, and was illustrated by 900 wood and 50 steel engravings. The engravings were done by variety of high skilled artists off of original drawings, mostly composed by artist Harry Fenn, the most prominent landscape illustrator in the US at the time.
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- GridFreed LLC (US)
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- Title
- Picturesque America;: Illustrations from the original 1874 edition, colored in the style of the period. The mountains, rivers, lakes, forests, ... of our country by eminent American artists
- Author
- William Cullen Bryant [Introduction]; Oliver Jensen [Introduction];
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0070324611
- ISBN 13
- 9780070324619
- Publisher
- American Heritage Pub. Co.; distribution by McGraw-Hill
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1974-01-01