BRYANT, William Cullen, editor (1794?1878). Picturesque America; Or, the Land we Live in: A Delineation by Pen and of the Mountains, Rivers, Lakes, Forests, Water-Falls, Shores, Canyons, Valleys, Cities, and Other Picturesque Features of our Country. New York: D. Appleton & Company, [1872?74]. 2 volumes, large 4to. 49 full-page steel-engraved plates including additional titles and frontispiece engravings, numerous in?text wood engravings. Original publisher?s full brown morocco over heavy boards, gilt?lettered covers ruled in blind, raised bands, gilt lettered compartments with fillets in blind, all edges gilt, gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers (mild rubbing to extremes, else fine). Second edition (according to BAL) with Bryant?s name appearing on both the title and the preface. One of the great books of American illustrations. BAL 1732.