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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 /

A two-volume set of books describing and illustrating the scenery of America. Their illustrations provided a tour of nineteenth century America, unspoiled and pastoral, its centers of commerce, ports, architecture and natural treasures.

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Main Authors: Bunce, Oliver Bell, 1828-1890, (Author), Garczynski, R. E., (Author), Rideing, William H. 1853-1918, (Author), Woolson, Constance Fenimore, 1840-1894, (Author), Smillie, James David, 1833-1909, (Illustrator)
Contributors: Bryant, William Cullen, 1794-1878, (Editor), Bellows, A. F. 1829-1883, (Illustrator), Casilear, John William, 1811-1893, (Illustrator), Darley, Felix Octavius Carr, 1822-1888, (Illustrator), Fenn, Harry, 1838-1911, (Illustrator), Gibson, W. Hamilton 1850-1896, (Illustrator), Gifford, R. Swain 1840-1905, (Illustrator), Hart, William, 1823-1894, (Illustrator), Haseltine, William Stanley, 1835-1900, (Illustrator), Kensett, John Frederick, 1816-1872, (Illustrator), Martin, Homer Dodge, 1836-1897, (Illustrator), Moran, Thomas, 1837-1926, (Illustrator), Perkins, Granville, 1830-1895, (Illustrator), Sheppard, William Ludwell, 1833-1912, (Illustrator), Tavernier, Jules, 1844-1889, (Illustrator), Warren, Asa Coolidge, 1819-1904, (Illustrator), Waud, Alfred R. 1828-1891, (Illustrator), Woodward, J. D. 1846-1924, (Illustrator), Brandard, Edward Paxman, 1819-1898, (Engraver), Hall, George R., 1818-1887, (Engraver), Hall, Henry Bryan, active 1850-1900, (Engraver), Hinshelwood, Robert, 1812-1879, (Engraver), Holl, Francis, 1815-1884, (Engraver), Hunt, Samuel Valentine, 1803-1893, (Engraver), Thompson, D. George, -approximately 1870, (Engraver), Wellstood, William, 1819-1900, (Engraver)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : D. Appleton and Company, [1872-1874]
Subjects and Genres:
Travel.
United States > Description and travel.
United States > Pictorial works.
Québec (Province) > Description and travel.
Québec (Province) > Pictorial works.
États-Unis > Descriptions et voyages.
Québec (Province) > Descriptions et voyages.
Québec.
United States.
steel engravings (visual works)
wood engravings (prints)
illustrated books.
Illustrated works.
Pictorial works.
Steel engravings > New York (N.Y.) > 1870-1880.
Wood engravings.
Advertisements > New York > New York > 19th century.
Gravures sur bois.
Ouvrages illustrés.
Online Access:Internet Archive, UNC Chapel Hill copy, volume 1
Internet Archive, UNC Chapel Hill copy, volume 2
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245 0 0 |a Picturesque America, or, The land we live in :  |b 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 /  |c with illustrations on steel and wood, by eminent American artists ; edited by William Cullen Bryant. 
246 3 0 |a Picturesque America 
246 3 0 |a Land we live in 
264 1 |a New York :  |b D. Appleton and Company,  |c [1872-1874] 
264 4 |c ©1872-1874 
300 |a 2 volumes (viii, 568 pages, 24 unnumbered leaves of plates ; vi, 576 pages, 25 unnumbered leaves of plates) :  |b frontispieces, illustrations, plates ;  |c 33 cm 
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500 |a Added title page, engraved, in each volume. 
500 |a The main literary work on this publication was principally done by Oliver B. Bunce, with mulitple entries by R.E. Garczynski, W.H. Rideing, and Constance F. Woolson. The introduction was written and proof-sheets read by W.C. Bryant. 
500 |a "Contents" in each volume includes names of authors and artists. "List of engravings on steel" in each volume includes names of artists and engravers. 
510 4 |a Derby, J.C. Fifty years among authors, books and publishers,  |c page 158 
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505 0 0 |t Volume I: On the coast of Maine /  |r O.B. Bunce --  |t St. John's and Ocklawaha Rivers, Florida /  |r T.B. Thorpe --  |t Up and down the Columbia /  |r L.J.G. Runkle --  |t Lookout Mountain and the Tennessee /  |r O.B. Bunce --  |t Richmond, scenic and historic /  |r J.R. Thompson --  |t Natural Bridge, Virginia /  |r John Esten Cooke --  |t Delaware Water-Gap /  |r J.E. Ringwalt --  |t Mauch Chunk /  |r O.B. Bunce --  |t On the Savannah /  |r W.V. Thompson --  |t The French Broad /  |r F.G. de Fontaine --  |t The White Mountains /  |r Susan N. Carver --  |t Neversink Highlands /  |r O.B. Bunce --  |t St. Augustine, Florida /  |r Robert Carter --  |t Charleston and its suburbs /  |r O.B. Bunce --  |t Weyer's Cave, Virginia /  |r Sallie A. Brock --  |t Scenes on the Brandywine /  |r O.B. Bunce --  |t Cumberland Gap /  |r F.G. de Fontaine --  |t Watkins Glen /  |r O.B. Bunce --  |t Scenes in eastern Long Island /  |r O.B. Bunce --  |t The Lower Mississippi /  |r T.B. Thorpe --  |t Mackinac /  |r Constance F. Woolson --  |t Our great national park /  |r O.B. Bunce --  |t Harper's Ferry /  |r J.C. Cappenter --  |t Scenes in Virginia /  |r G.W. Bagby --  |t Newport /  |r T.M. Clarke --  |t West Virginia /  |r D.H. Strother --  |t Lake Superior /  |r Constance F. Woolson --  |t Northern California /  |r R.E. Garczynski --  |t Niagra /  |r R.E. Garczynski --  |t Trenton Falls /  |r R.E. Garczynski --  |t The Yosemite Falls /  |r James D. Smillie --  |t Providence and vicinity /  |r T.M. Clarke --  |t South shore of Lake Erie /  |r Constance F. Woolson --  |t On the coast of California /  |r R.E. Garczynski. 
505 0 0 |t Volume II: Highlands and Palisades of the Hudson /  |r E.L. Burlingame --  |t Philadelphia and its suburbs /  |r C.D. Gardette --  |t Northern New Jersey /  |r W.F. Williams --  |t Valley of the Connecticut /  |r W.C. Richards --  |t Baltimore and environs /  |r J.C. Carpenter --  |t The Catskills /  |r Henry A. Brown --  |t The Juniata /  |r R.E. Garczynski --  |t On the Ohio /  |r Constance F. Woolson --  |t The plains and the sierras /  |r E.L. Burlingame --  |t The Susquehanna /  |r R.E. Garczynski --  |t Boston /  |r G.M. Towle --  |t Lake George and Lake Champlain /  |r O.B. Bunce --  |t Mount Mansfield /  |r Rossiter Johnson --  |t Valley of the Housatonic /  |r W.C. Richards --  |t The Upper Mississippi /  |r R.E. Garczynski --  |t Valley of the Genesee /  |r W.S. Ward --  |t St. Lawrence and the Saguenay /  |r W.H. Rideing --  |t Eastern Shore /  |r G.M. Towle --  |t The Adirondack region /  |r Robert Carter --  |t The Connecticut shore of the sound /  |r W.C. Richards --  |t Lake Memphremagog /  |r W.H. Rideing --  |t The Mohawk, Albany, and Troy /  |r R.E. Garczynski --  |t The Upper Delaware /  |r W.H. Rideing --  |t Water-falls at Cayuga Lake /  |r W.H. Rideing --  |t The Rocky Mountains /  |r W.H. Rideing --  |t The Cañons of the Colorado /  |r J.E. Colburn --  |t Chicago and Milwaukee /  |r O.B. Bunce --  |t A glance at the northwest /  |r W.H. Rideing --  |t The Mammoth Cave /  |r W.H. Rideing --  |t New York and Brooklyn /  |r O.B. Bunce --  |t Washington /  |r G.M. Towle. 
520 |a A two-volume set of books describing and illustrating the scenery of America. Their illustrations provided a tour of nineteenth century America, unspoiled and pastoral, its centers of commerce, ports, architecture and natural treasures. 
590 |a HSP has: two sets. Set two origina 
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655 7 |a wood engravings (prints)  |2 aat 
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700 1 |a Bryant, William Cullen,  |d 1794-1878,  |e editor. 
700 1 |a Bunce, Oliver Bell,  |d 1828-1890,  |e author. 
700 1 |a Garczynski, R. E.,  |e author. 
700 1 |a Rideing, William H.  |q (William Henry),  |d 1853-1918,  |e author. 
700 1 |a Woolson, Constance Fenimore,  |d 1840-1894,  |e author. 
700 1 |a Bellows, A. F.  |q (Albert Fitch),  |d 1829-1883,  |e illustrator. 
700 1 |a Casilear, John William,  |d 1811-1893,  |e illustrator. 
700 1 |a Darley, Felix Octavius Carr,  |d 1822-1888,  |e illustrator. 
700 1 |a Fenn, Harry,  |d 1838-1911,  |e illustrator. 
700 1 |a Gibson, W. Hamilton  |q (William Hamilton),  |d 1850-1896,  |e illustrator. 
700 1 |a Gifford, R. Swain  |q (Robert Swain),  |d 1840-1905,  |e illustrator. 
700 1 |a Hart, William,  |d 1823-1894,  |e illustrator. 
700 1 |a Haseltine, William Stanley,  |d 1835-1900,  |e illustrator. 
700 1 |a Kensett, John Frederick,  |d 1816-1872,  |e illustrator. 
700 1 |a Martin, Homer Dodge,  |d 1836-1897,  |e illustrator. 
700 1 |a Moran, Thomas,  |d 1837-1926,  |e illustrator. 
700 1 |a Perkins, Granville,  |d 1830-1895,  |e illustrator. 
700 1 |a Sheppard, William Ludwell,  |d 1833-1912,  |e illustrator. 
700 1 |a Smillie, James David,  |d 1833-1909,  |e author,  |e illustrator. 
700 1 |a Tavernier, Jules,  |d 1844-1889,  |e illustrator. 
700 1 |a Warren, Asa Coolidge,  |d 1819-1904,  |e illustrator. 
700 1 |a Waud, Alfred R.  |q (Alfred Rudolph),  |d 1828-1891,  |e illustrator. 
700 1 |a Woodward, J. D.  |q (John Douglas),  |d 1846-1924,  |e illustrator. 
700 1 |a Brandard, Edward Paxman,  |d 1819-1898,  |e engraver. 
700 1 |a Hall, George R.,  |d 1818-1887,  |e engraver. 
700 1 |a Hall, Henry Bryan,  |d active 1850-1900,  |e engraver. 
700 1 |a Hinshelwood, Robert,  |d 1812-1879,  |e engraver. 
700 1 |a Holl, Francis,  |d 1815-1884,  |e engraver. 
700 1 |a Hunt, Samuel Valentine,  |d 1803-1893,  |e engraver. 
700 1 |a Thompson, D. George,  |d -approximately 1870,  |e engraver. 
700 1 |a Wellstood, William,  |d 1819-1900,  |e engraver. 
710 2 |a D. Appleton and Company,  |e publisher. 
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