Picturesque America. A Pictorial Delineation of the mountains, rivers, lakes, forests, waterfalls, shores, canons, valleys, cities, and other picturesque features of the North American Continent. With illustrations on steel and wood by the most eminent artists (4 Volumes in 8 books)
London: Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co., no date. Hardcover. Full publisher's reddish orange cloth, each volume with similarly elaborate gilt embossed boarder and spine title, but each with unique gilt embossed design in center of cover. 8 volumes, each with steel engravings. Some volumes have a bound-in insert stating that this edition is available only by subscription and is not available from booksellers. VG, all edges gilt. Some volumes with more foxing than others, nothing awful, however and the vast majority of the steel engravings are VG+. Item #166739
Collation as follows: Division 1: pp. 1-142, steel engravings not counted as pages. Division 2: pp. 143-278, followed by Contents, Engravings on Steel (12 inc. title-pagee), Engravings on Wood (described by topic, but not numbered). Division 3: pp. 1-144. Vol. 4: Engraved title-page stating Volume 2, pp. 145-290, Contents, Engravings on steel (13, including title-page), Engravings on Wood. Division 5:Ebgraved title-page, pp. 1-134, 8 tissue guarded steel-engravings plus title-page. Division 6: pp. 135-287, (1), Contents, List of steel; engravings, list of wood engravings (includes divisions 5 and 6); Division 7: pp. 1-148. 5 steel engravings + title-page. Division 8: pp. 149-288, 5 steel engravings + title-page, Contents, list of steel engravings, list of engravings on wood, General Index pp. 289-306. The Table of Contents refers to Volumes i,ii,ii and iv for individual entries, meaning this set comprises of each of those 4 volumes being divided into 2 bound parts. A beautuiful and rare set.It should be noted that the title of this edition, and possibly other English printings, varies somewhat from the American title for the publication, and that William Cullen Bryant's name is not on the title-page of any volume.
OCLC: 22723596
Price: $1,000.00