Creating Picturesque America
Subtitle: Monument to the Natural and Cultural Landscape
Edition: 1st ed edition
Publisher: Vanderbilt Univ Pr
Published: June 1995
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 383
ISBN-13: 9780826512574
Subjects: Illustration Of Books; History: American; History Of Books And Printing; Art & Art Instruction; United States - Reconstruction Period (1865-1877); United States; Illustrated books; History - General; Book industries and trade; 19th century; History
First sentence: Picturesque America entered the marketplace just as publishing hit its stride as a highly profitable and influential business in the post-Civil War years.