Author: BRYANT, WILLIAM CULLEN (EDITOR)
Title: Picturesque America Or the Land We Live in. A Delineation By Pen and Pencil. . .
Description: New York: Appleton and Company, 1872. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This is a two volume set, bound in morocco with embossed leather and gilt . A. E. G. (all edges gilt). This set is in Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The front and rear hinges have cracking and have apparently been professionally repaired at some point in the past. The salmon colored endpapers have noticeable foxing and there are notations from previous owners on both volumes. The text pages are clean and bright. "The volumes display both steel and wood engravings based on the paintings of some of the best American landscape painters of the nineteenth century, such as John Frederick Kensett, William Stanley Haseltine, James David Smillie, John William Casilear, Thomas Moran, A. C. Warren, Harry Fenn, David Johnson, Granville Perkins, John Douglas Woodward et al..." "This ambitious work was published and delivered as a subscription; semi-monthly parts were sent out to subscribers. Once complete, the subscription would be bound into volumes. A variety of bindings were available, from cloth-bound with leather corners at the low end to full Morocco leather bindings with elaborate tooling. The stately bound two volume set was proudly displayed in parlors of subscriber homes as a show of status. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good- .
Keywords: Americana William Cullen Bryant Essays American History Illustrated Editions Illustrators Geography History
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Title: Picturesque America Or the Land We Live in. A Delineation By Pen and Pencil. . .
Description: New York: Appleton and Company, 1872. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This is a two volume set, bound in morocco with embossed leather and gilt . A. E. G. (all edges gilt). This set is in Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The front and rear hinges have cracking and have apparently been professionally repaired at some point in the past. The salmon colored endpapers have noticeable foxing and there are notations from previous owners on both volumes. The text pages are clean and bright. "The volumes display both steel and wood engravings based on the paintings of some of the best American landscape painters of the nineteenth century, such as John Frederick Kensett, William Stanley Haseltine, James David Smillie, John William Casilear, Thomas Moran, A. C. Warren, Harry Fenn, David Johnson, Granville Perkins, John Douglas Woodward et al..." "This ambitious work was published and delivered as a subscription; semi-monthly parts were sent out to subscribers. Once complete, the subscription would be bound into volumes. A variety of bindings were available, from cloth-bound with leather corners at the low end to full Morocco leather bindings with elaborate tooling. The stately bound two volume set was proudly displayed in parlors of subscriber homes as a show of status. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good- .
Keywords: Americana William Cullen Bryant Essays American History Illustrated Editions Illustrators Geography History
Price: US$ 400.00 Seller: S. Howlett-West Books
- Book number: 40926
- Book number: 40926
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