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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
- Title
- 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 / edited by William Cullen Bryant ; with illustrations on steel and wood, by eminent American artists.
- Publication
- New York : D. Appleton and Co., c1872-c1874.
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| Status | Vol/Date | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| v. 2 | Text | Request in advance | ILD+ (Bryant, W.C. Picturesque America) v. 2 | Offsite | |
| v. 2 | Text | Request in advance | ILD+ (Bryant, W.C. Picturesque America) v. 2 | Offsite | |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building M2 to submit a request in person. | v. 2 | Text | Use in library | ILD+ (Bryant, W.C. Picturesque America) v. 2 | Schwarzman Building M2 - Milstein Division Room 121 |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building M2 to submit a request in person. | v. 1 | Text | Use in library | ILD+ (Bryant, W.C. Picturesque America) v. 1 | Schwarzman Building M2 - Milstein Division Room 121 |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building M2 to submit a request in person. | v. 1 | Text | Use in library | ILD+ (Bryant, W.C. Picturesque America) v. 1 | Schwarzman Building M2 - Milstein Division Room 121 |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building M2 to submit a request in person. | v. 1 | Text | Use in library | ILD+ (Bryant, W.C. Picturesque America) v. 1 | Schwarzman Building M2 - Milstein Division Room 121 |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Parts 1-24 | Text | Restricted use | Arents BIP+ (Bryant, W. Picturesque 1872) 99-9 Parts 1-24 | Schwarzman Building - Arents Collection Room 328 |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Parts 25-48 | Text | Restricted use | Arents BIP+ (Bryant, W. Picturesque 1872) 99-9 Parts 25-48 | Schwarzman Building - Arents Collection Room 328 |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | MEB+ Bound in 2 vols. | Schwarzman Building - Photography Collection Room 308 | |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Restricted use | Stuart 853-854 | Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328 |
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- Additional Authors
- Description
- 48 pts. (2 v.) : ill.; 34 cm.
- Donor/Sponsor
- New York State Education Department, Electronic Doorway Library Program
- Uniform Title
- Hudson River portfolio
- Alternative Title
- Land we live in
- Subjects
- Note
- Each part in the original illustrated pale blue paper covers, as issued semi-monthly, 1872-1874. Title page for v. 1 in pt. 1; t.p. for v. 2, contents and list of engravings on steel for v. 1-2 in pt. 48. Advertisement for Appleton's illustrated American cyclopedia on p. [4] of covers, pts. 37-48.
- Instructions "To the binder" on p. [2] of covers of pts. 41, 45 and 47-48.
- Each vol. has added engraved t.p.
- Preface by Bryant, who credits Oliver B. Bunce with main work of editorship (v. 1, p. iv); text by Bunce and others. Cf. BAL, which quotes a letter from Bryant: "I edited the work, it is true." Cf. also Fifty years among authors, books and publishers / J.C. Derby. 1884. p. 158.
- Another issue, with a shorter, unsigned preface, lacks Bryant's name on t.p. of v. 1. Cf. BAL.
- Vol. 1: viii, 568 p., [25] leaves of plates; v. 2: vi, 576 p., [24] leaves of plates.
- Illustrations: 49 prints : steel etching, steel engraving ; full-page. Engraved by Robert Hinshelwood, S.V. Hunt and others, after A.C. Warren, Harry Fenn, Granville Perkins and others. -- Numerous wood engravings of views throughout, full-page or smaller.
- Indexed In (note)
- BAL
- Hamilton, S. Amer. book illustrators (1958 ed.)
- Additional Formats (note)
- Images and text also available in electronic form, digitized by The New York Public Library, as part of: A Hudson River portfolio.
- Call Number
- MEB+
- ISBN
- MEB+ Bound in 2 vols.
- LCCN
- 16006867
- OCLC
- 727582
- NYPGR727582-B
- Title
- 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 / edited by William Cullen Bryant ; with illustrations on steel and wood, by eminent American artists.
- Imprint
- New York : D. Appleton and Co., c1872-c1874.
- Indexed In:
- BAL 1732Hamilton, S. Amer. book illustrators (1958 ed.), 737
- Additional Formats
- Images and text also available in electronic form, digitized by The New York Public Library, as part of: A Hudson River portfolio.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Bryant, William Cullen, 1794-1878.Bunce, Oliver Bell, 1828-1890.Hinshelwood, Robert, 1812-Hunt, Samuel Valentine, 1803-1893.Warren, Asa Coolidge, 1819-1904.Fenn, Harry, 1838-1911.Perkins, Granville, 1830-1895.
- Added Title
- Hudson River portfolio
- Research Call Number
- MEB+ Bound in 2 vols.ILD+ (Bryant, W.C. Picturesque America) Bound in 2 vols.; original covers bound in.Arents BIP+ (Bryant, W. Picturesque 1872) 99-9Stuart 853-854.