Picturesque America

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1872 & 1874, 1872. First edition . Hardcover. A two-volume set of books describing and illustrating the scenery of America, which grew out of an earlier series in Appleton's Journal. The work's essays, together with its nine hundred wood engravings and fifty steel engravings, are considered to have had a profound influence on… Saber más sobre este artículo

NY: D. Appleton and Company, 1894. Revised Edition. Morocco & Cloth. Very Good. Two volumes, small-folio, 720pp; 30 engraved plates, many other wood and steel engravings, many full-page. Bound in 3/4 brown leather and cloth, embellished gilt title on covers, gilt lettering and blind devices on spines, patterned endpapers, marbled edges. A clean, tight example of this revised… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1872. Hardcover. Very good condition. With illustrations on steel and wood, by eminent American artists. Bound in full brown leather with the covers and spines stamped in gilt and blind. All edges gilt. Gilt inner dentelles. Five raised bands on the spines. Rubbing wear to the edges.… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: D. Appleton Original three-quarter calf, pebbled cloth. All edges gilt. Forty-seven engraved plates and two added engraved title pages. Covers a bit scuffed; bookplate and ownership notation in each volume; light foxing, mainly in margins. In vol. 1, two nicks in cover edges, small tear in rear cover.. Very Good.