Picturesque America Vol. I / Picturesque America Vol. II

Article ID B0253

Title

Picturesque America Vol. I / Picturesque America Vol. II

Two volumes of the popular travelogue of "Picturesque America or The Land we Live In. A Delineation by Pen and Pencil of the Mountains, Rivers, Forests, Water-Falls, Shores, Canons, Valleys, Cities, and Other Picturesque Features of our Country. With a personal dedication from Bertius Ramsay to his brother John Ramsay with coat of arms on the inside cover. With illustrations engraved in steel and wood. Showing some of the work of the best American landscape painters, mostly by Henry Fenn, Douglas Woodward, Granville Perkins and many more. Among the engravers are Hunt S. V., Hinshelwood R., Wellstood W., Brandard E. P., etc. Edited by the poet and journalist William Cullen Bryant. Some light spotting to the steel engravings.

Year

c. 1872

Artist

Bryant

Place of Publication New York
Dimensions (cm)33 x 27 cm
ConditionBinding in hardcover with leather embossed in gold and gold edging
Coloringblack/white
TechniqueMixed Media

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126.00 €

( A reproduction can be ordered individually on request. )