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.
By: With illustrations on steel and wood, by eminent American artists. Edited by William Cullen Bryant.
Contributors: Bunce, Oliver Bell, 1828-1890.
Publisher: D. Appleton and company
Published: 1874
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Subjects: United States -- Description and travel.; Québec (Province) -- Description and travel.
Other titles: Picturesque America; Land we live in
Notes: Added t.p., engraved, in each volume.
The main literary work on this publication was done by Oliver B. Bunce. The introduction was written and proofsheets read by W.C. Bryant.  Cf. J.C. Derby's "Fifty years among authors ..."
"Contents" in each vol. includes names of authors and artists. "List of engravings on steel" in each vol. includes names of artists and engravers.
LC Copy 3 has decorative binding stamped in black and gold; all edges gilt. Gift of Blair House, March 31, 1989.
LC Copy 4 incomplete: Vol. 2 only.