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Picturesque America; or, The Land We Live In. A Delineation by Pen and Pencil of the Mountains, Rivers, Lakes, Forests, Water-Falls Shores, Canyons, Valleys, Cities, and Other Picturesque Features of Our Country. With Illustrations on Steel and Wood, by Eminent American Artists
by BRYANT, William Cullen
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- Condition
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- Seller
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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
New York. D. Appleton & Co. [1872]. Soft cover. folio, 32cm, in 2 thick volumes, viii,568 & vi,576pp. engraved frontis plates, engraved and printed title-pages in both volumes, 45 steel engraved plates and numerous wood-engraved plates and illustrations, bound in half dark green (black) morocco, raised gilt ruled bands, small gilt decorations in the panels, pebbled green cloth boards with gilt rules on the borders, bevelled boards, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, re-inforce inner linen hinges, expertly restored with most of the original spine panels relayed, very good to fine sound clean and tight set attractively bound. (cgc) Because of the weight of the text this set of books is more commonly found in poor condition. The restoration cost today would be in the four and half to five hundred dollars category per volume. Known for having the best plates of all the 'Picturesque' series of this period. Bryant's text is worthy. "Picturesque Amerca" first appeared in parts as a magazine series in Appleton's Journal. Artists include Harry Fenn, Granville Perkins, R. Swain Gifford, A.R.Waud, Thomas Moran, A.S. Hazeltine, W.L.Sheppard, J.A. Suydam. These two volumes include essays on Florida, Virginia, Long Island, New Orleans, Yellowstone, Niagara, Maine, Tennessee, New Hampshire. An important series that introduced the whole of the United States to the general reader.
Synopsis
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. (ABAC)
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 39360
- Title
- Picturesque America; or, The Land We Live In. A Delineation by Pen and Pencil of the Mountains, Rivers, Lakes, Forests, Water-Falls Shores, Canyons, Valleys, Cities, and Other Picturesque Features of Our Country. With Illustrations on Steel and Wood, by Eminent American Artists
- Author
- BRYANT, William Cullen
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- New York. D. Appleton & Co. [1872]
- Keywords
- AMERICA UNITED STATES OF AMERICANA HISTORY VIEW PLATE ENGRAVING SCENERY
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. (ABAC)
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Ottawa, Ontario
About Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. (ABAC)
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