Picturesque America ; Or, The Land We Live In – A Delineation by Pen and Pencil of the Mountains, Rivers, Lakes, Forests, Water-Falls, Shores, Canyons, Valleys, Cities, and Other Picturesque Features of our Country. With Illustrations on Steel [49] and Wood, by eminent American Artists.
First Edition. Two Volumes (complete set). New York, D.Appleton and Company, no year [c.1872 – 1874]. Royal Quarto. Volume I: VIII, IV, 568 pages with Illustrations throughout (see full list below) / Volume II: VI, 576 pages with Illustrations throughout (see full list below). Original Publisher’s decorative half leather with gilt lettering and ornament on spines. Bindings firm but in poor condition. Interior absolutely excellent with some minor staining to endpapers only. Inscription in both Volumes state that these Volumes belonge to George Crichton, S.S.Germanic, 1879, where they obviously were given to him as a gift “From John Walsh, Philadelphia, American Minister at St.James’s – London”. Stunning publication with 49 very valuable Steel-Engravings in beautiful condition.
Volume One includes the following full-page Steel – Engravings:
Frontispice – Steel-Engraved Titlepage illustrating a Painter below Niagara
1. Niagara – Artist: Harry Fenn – Engraver: S.V.Hunt
2. Cascade in Virginia – Artist: Harry Fenn – Engraver: R.Hinshelwood
3. Mount Desert, Coast of Maine – Artist: Harry Fenn – Engraver: R.Hinshelwood
4. On the Coast of Florida – Artist: Harry Fenn – Engraver: R.Hinshelwood
5. Mount Hood, From Columbia River – Artist: R. Swain Gifford – Engraver: R.Hinshelwood
6. Richmond, From the James – Artist: Harry Fenn – Engraver: R.Hinshelwood
7. Delaware Water-Gap – Artist: Granville Perkins – Engraver: R.Hinshelwood
8. Smoky Mountains, Eastern Tennessee – Artist: Homer Martin – Engraver: R.Hinshelwood
9. Mount Washington Road – Artist: Harry Fenn – Engraver: S.V.Hunt
10. The Highlands of the Neversink – Artist: Granville Perkins – Engraver: W.Wellstood
11. Cumberland Gap – Artist: Harry Fenn – Engraver: S.V.Hunt
12. City of New Orleans – Artist: Alfred R Waud – Engraver: D.G.Thompson
13. Upper Falls of the Yellowstone – Artist: Thomas Moran – Engraver: S.V.Hunt
14. Harper’s Ferry, By Moonlight – Artist: Granville Perkins – Engraver: R.Hinshelwood
15. The Chickahominy – Artist: W.L.Sheppard – Engraver: W.Wellstood
16. Baptism Bay, Lake Superior – Artist: William Hart – Engraver: R.Hinshelwood
17. Mount Shasta – Artist: James D. Smillie – Engraver: E.P.Brandard
18. Mirror Lake, Yosemite Valley – Artist: Harry Fenn – Engraver: S.V.Hunt
19. City of Providence – Artist: A.C.Warren – Engraver: R.Hinshelwood
20. Indian Rock, Narragansett – Artist: A.S.Hazeltine – Engraver: S.V.Hunt
21. Ciy of Buffalo – Artist: A.C.Warren – Engraver: W.Wellstood
22. City of Cleveland – Artist: A.C.Warren – Engraver: R.Hinshelwood
23. City of Detroit – Artist: A.C.Warren – Engraver: R.Hinshelwood
24. The Golden Gate – Artist: James D.Smillie – Engraver: E.P.Brandard
Volume One also includes an abundance of wood-engravings.
Volume Two includes the following full-page Steel – Engravings:
1. New York, From Brooklyn Heights (Frontispiece) – Artist: A.C.Warren – Engraver G.R.Hall
2. Dome of the Capitol – Artist: Harry Fenn – Engraver: E.P.Brandard
3. West Point – Artist: Harry Fenn – Engraver: S.V.Hunt
4. Philadelphia, From Belmont – Artist: Granville Perkins – Engraver: R.Hinshelwood
5. Connecticut Valley, from Mount Tom – Artist: J.D.Woodward – Engraver: R.Hinshelwood
6. Baltimore, from Druid-Hill Park – Artist: Granville Perkins – Engraver: R.Hinshelwood
7. Sunrise, From South Mountainm, Catskill – Artist: Harry Fenn – Engraver: S.V.Hunt
8. City of Cincinnati – Artist: A.C.Warren – Engraver: W.Wellstood
9. City of Cincinnati- Artist: A.C.Warren – Engraver: E.P.Brandard
10. Emigrants crossing the Plains- Artist: F.O.C.Darley – Engraver: H.B.Hall
11. Californians Lassoing Bear – Artist: F.O.C.Darley – Engraver: F.Holl
12. The Susquehanna- Artist: Granville Perkins – Engraver: R.Hinshelwood
13. Boston, From South Boston – Artist: J.D.Woodward – Engraver: E.P.Brandard
14. Lake George – Artist: J.W.CAsilear – Engraver: R.Hinshelwood
15. The Housatonic – Artist: A.F.Bellows – Engraver: S.V.Hunt
16. The City of St.Louis – Artist: A.C.Warren – Engraver: R.Hinshelwood
17. Quebec – Artist: J.D.Woodward – Engraver: R.Hinshelwood
18. Beverly Coast, Massachusetts – Artist: J.F.Kensett – Engraver: S.V.Hunt
19. Adirondack Woods – Artist: J.M.Hart – Engraver: R.Hinshelwood
20. East Rock, New Haven – Artist: C.G.Griswold – Engraver: S.V.Hunt
21. The Rocky Mountains – Artist: W.Whitteredge – Engraver: R.Hinshelwood
22. City of Milwaukee – Artist: A.C.Warren – Engraver: R.Hinshelwood
23. Terrace, Central Park – Artist: C.Rosenberg – Engraver: G.R.Hall
24. Washington, from Arlington Heights – Artist: W.L.Sheppard – Engraver: R.Hinshelwood
Volume two also includes an abundance of wood-engravings.
EUR 2.800,--
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