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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 Author: Bryant, William Cullen, editor Place: New York Publisher: D. Appleton and Company Date: [1872-1874] Description: 2 volumes. viii, 568; vi, 576 pp. With 49 steel-engraved plates, including frontispieces and additional pictorial title pages, with tissue guards; numerous wood engravings, some full page. (Folio) 32x24 cm. (12¾x9½"), full blindstamped brown morocco, lettered in gilt on front and spine, all edges gilt. 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. Lot Amendments Condition: Wear, soiling, and rubbing to bindings; hinges starting, some toning and occasional light foxing; very good. Item number: 274847