Picturesque America or, the Land We Live in. A Delineation By Pen and Pencil of the Mountains, Rivers, Lakes, Forest, Water-Falls, Shores, Canons, Valleys, Cities, and Other Picturesque Features of Our Country
New York, (1872 and 1874): D. Appleton and Co. First Edition. Thick Quarto. Item #023671
. In two volumes. Engrave frontispiece, engraved vignette title page and regular title page, Volume I:568, Volume II: 576 pp. A beautiful set with illustrations on steel and wood by eminent American artist including Thomas Moran and Harry Fenn, with tissue guards present. A detailed visual and textual tour across America through beautifully executed engraved illustrations. A clean bright set without names, bookplates or foxing, just a hint of toning to outer margins, handsomely bound in full pebble grained morocco triple rule in blind, lettered and decorated in gilt, spines lettered in gilt, all edges gilt, inner gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers, minor wear to corners and a few scratches to gilt on upper edge. An exceptionally nice set.
Price: $2,275.00







