Picturesque America; or, The land we live in
Subtitle: 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 : with illustrations on steel and wood, by eminent American artists
By: edited by William Cullen Bryant
Contributors: Bunce, Oliver Bell, 1828-1890; Fenn, Harry, 1838-1911 ill; Gifford, R. Swain (Robert Swain), 1840-1905, ill; Perkins, Granville, 1830-1895 ill; Martin, Homer Dodge, 1836-1897, ill; Waud, Alfred R. (Alfred Rudolph), 1828-1891 ill; Moran, Thomas, 1837-1926 ill; Sheppard, William Ludwell, 1833-1912, ill; Hart, William, 1823-1894, ill; Smillie, James David, 1833-1909, ill; Warren, Asa Coolidge, 1819-1904, ill; Johnson, David, -1908 ill; Woodward, J. D., ill; Darley, Felix Octavius Carr, 1822-1888 ill; Casilear, John William, 1811-1893, ill; Bellows, A. F. (Albert Fitch), 1829-1883, ill; Kensett, John Frederick, 1816-1872 ill; Hart, J. M., ill; Griswold, Casimir Clayton, 1834-1918, ill; Whitteredge, W., ill; Rosenberg, C., ill; Hunt, Samuel Valentine, 1803-1893, engraver; Hinshelwood, Robert, 1812- engraver; Wellstood, William, 1819-1900, engraver; Thompason, D. G., engraver; Brandard, Edward Paxman, 1819-1898, engraver; Hall, George R., 1818- engraver; Wellstood, G. W., engraver; Hall, Henry Bryan, active 1850-1900 engraver; Holl, Francis, 1815-1884, engraver; Spencer, J. H. (association)
Publisher: D. Appleton and Company
Published: 1872
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 576
Subjects: Description and travel; Pictorial works
Other titles: Picturesque America; Land we live in
Notes: Added engr. title pages.

Written mostly by Oliver B. Bunce, with introd. by Bryant.

Illustrations by Harry Fenn, R. Swain Gifford, Granville Perkins, Homer Martin, Alfred R. Waud, Thomas Moran, W. L. Sheppard, William Hart, James D. Smillie, A. C. Warren, A. S. Hazeltine, David Johnson, J. D. Woodward, F. O. C. Darley, J. W. Casilear, A. F. Bellows, J. F. Kensett, J. M. Hart, C. C. Griswold, W. Whitteredge, and C. Rosenberg. The steel engravings are by S. V. Hunt, R. Hinshelwood, W. Wellstood, D. G. Thompson, E. P. Brandard, G. R. Hall, G. W. Wellstood, H. B. Hall,  and F. Holl.

RBSC copy 1: On cover: J.H. Spencer.

RBSC copy 3: 2 v. in 4.  Vol. 1: Contents and "list of Engravings on steel" wanting.  Vol. 2: Engr. t.p., t.p., "Contents" and "List of engravings on steel" bound before p. 297.

ROM accession number: 949.124.1A (v.1); 949.124.1B (v.2).