Picturesque America; or, The Land We Live In. A Delineation by Pen and Pencil of the Mountains, Rivers, Lakes, Forests, Water-Falls [Waterfalls], Shores, Canons [Canyons], Valleys, Cities, and Other Picturesque Features of Our Country. in Two Volumes.

Complete in two volumes. viii, 568; vi, 576 pp. Folio. Original brown full leather with elaborate blind-stamped designs, gilt titles, all edges gilt, gilt dentelles on turn-ins, marbled endpapers. Additional engraved title page precedes title page of each volume. An extensive visual tour of America (the United States and Canada), edited by William Cullen Bryant, a well-known 19th poet and journalist who edited the New York Evening Post. Included throughout are numerous very well executed steel engraved plates and woodcuts depicting various landscapes, structures, and scenes throughout America, contributed by artists such as Harry Fenn and F.O.C. Darley. Notable images include: Niagara Falls; the Upper Falls of the Yellowstone; Mirror Lake; The Golden Gate; New York from Brooklyn Heights; Dome of the Capitol; West Point; Californians Lassoing Bear; Adirondack Woods; The Rocky Mountains.