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Wed, Sep 18, 2019 12:30AM EDT
Lot 275

Picturesque America; or, the Land We Live In.

Estimate: $300 - $400

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Bryant, William Cullen, ed. Picturesque America; or, the Land We Live In. New York: D. Appelton and Company, [1872/74]. Two volumes, full blindstamped brown morocco, lettered in gilt on front and spine, gilt dentelle turn-ins, a.e.g., marbled endpapers. Folio. viii, 568; vi, 576. Illustrated with 49 steel-engraved plates, including frontispieces and pictorial title pages with tissue guards, and numerous wood engravings. Edges and corners slightly bumped or rubbed; contents mildly toned with some staining at lower margins. Very good.