Picturesque America, 2 Vols.
William Cullen Bryant
$440.00

“or, The Land We Live In.  A Delineation by Pen and Pencil or the Mountains, Rivers, Lakes, Forests, Water-falls, Shores, Canons, Valleys, Cities, and Other Picturesque Features of Our Country.  With Illustrations on Steel and Wood, by Eminent American Artists. Edited by William Cullen Bryant.”

The volumes are heavily illustrated with steel engraved frontispieces, a total of 47 steel engraved plates, and a large number of wood-engraved text illustrations. The descriptive texts are by various authors; the illustrations and steel engravings are by various artists, including Granville Perkins, A. C. Warren, Harry Fenn, and Robert Hinshelwood. Full, dark brown leather with blind-stamped designs on both panels, and the title stamped in gold on the front panel. Four raised bands, gilt titling on the spine. Marbled end-papers; inner dentelles. All edges gilt.