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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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Table of Contents:
  • Volume I: On the coast of Maine /
  • O.B. Bunce
  • St. John's and Ocklawaha Rivers, Florida /
  • T.B. Thorpe
  • Up and down the Columbia /
  • L.J.G. Runkle
  • Lookout Mountain and the Tennessee /
  • O.B. Bunce
  • Richmond, scenic and historic /
  • J.R. Thompson
  • Natural Bridge, Virginia /
  • John Esten Cooke
  • Delaware Water-Gap /
  • J.E. Ringwalt
  • Mauch Chunk /
  • O.B. Bunce
  • On the Savannah /
  • W.V. Thompson
  • The French Broad /
  • F.G. de Fontaine
  • The White Mountains /
  • Susan N. Carver
  • Neversink Highlands /
  • O.B. Bunce
  • St. Augustine, Florida /
  • Robert Carter
  • Charleston and its suburbs /
  • O.B. Bunce
  • Weyer's Cave, Virginia /
  • Sallie A. Brock
  • Scenes on the Brandywine /
  • O.B. Bunce
  • Cumberland Gap /
  • F.G. de Fontaine
  • Watkins Glen /
  • O.B. Bunce
  • Scenes in eastern Long Island /
  • O.B. Bunce
  • The Lower Mississippi /
  • T.B. Thorpe
  • Mackinac /
  • Constance F. Woolson
  • Our great national park /
  • O.B. Bunce
  • Harper's Ferry /
  • J.C. Cappenter
  • Scenes in Virginia /
  • G.W. Bagby
  • Newport /
  • T.M. Clarke
  • West Virginia /
  • D.H. Strother
  • Lake Superior /
  • Constance F. Woolson
  • Northern California /
  • R.E. Garczynski
  • Niagra /
  • R.E. Garczynski
  • Trenton Falls /
  • R.E. Garczynski
  • The Yosemite Falls /
  • James D. Smillie
  • Providence and vicinity /
  • T.M. Clarke
  • South shore of Lake Erie /
  • Constance F. Woolson
  • On the coast of California /
  • R.E. Garczynski.
  • Volume II: Highlands and Palisades of the Hudson /
  • E.L. Burlingame
  • Philadelphia and its suburbs /
  • C.D. Gardette
  • Northern New Jersey /
  • W.F. Williams
  • Valley of the Connecticut /
  • W.C. Richards
  • Baltimore and environs /
  • J.C. Carpenter
  • The Catskills /
  • Henry A. Brown
  • The Juniata /
  • R.E. Garczynski
  • On the Ohio /
  • Constance F. Woolson
  • The plains and the sierras /
  • E.L. Burlingame
  • The Susquehanna /
  • R.E. Garczynski
  • Boston /
  • G.M. Towle
  • Lake George and Lake Champlain /
  • O.B. Bunce
  • Mount Mansfield /
  • Rossiter Johnson
  • Valley of the Housatonic /
  • W.C. Richards
  • The Upper Mississippi /
  • R.E. Garczynski
  • Valley of the Genesee /
  • W.S. Ward
  • St. Lawrence and the Saguenay /
  • W.H. Rideing
  • Eastern Shore /
  • G.M. Towle
  • The Adirondack region /
  • Robert Carter
  • The Connecticut shore of the sound /
  • W.C. Richards
  • Lake Memphremagog /
  • W.H. Rideing
  • The Mohawk, Albany, and Troy /
  • R.E. Garczynski
  • The Upper Delaware /
  • W.H. Rideing
  • Water-falls at Cayuga Lake /
  • W.H. Rideing
  • The Rocky Mountains /
  • W.H. Rideing
  • The Cañons of the Colorado /
  • J.E. Colburn
  • Chicago and Milwaukee /
  • O.B. Bunce
  • A glance at the northwest /
  • W.H. Rideing
  • The Mammoth Cave /
  • W.H. Rideing
  • New York and Brooklyn /
  • O.B. Bunce
  • Washington /
  • G.M. Towle.

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