America the picturesque in nineteenth century engraving

First edition. 109 full-page plates of the landscapes and cities of Romantic and Victorian America as viewed by the master artists and engravers of that period "when engraved illustrations were the great medium of visual communication." This book traces the importance of the craft of hand-engraved illustration in the growth of American art, and includes work by many outstanding artists, such as William Henry Bartlett, Thomas Cole, Asher Durand, Harry Fenn, F.O.C. Darley, Seth Eastman, Thomas Moran, A.B. Frost, etc. 167+ 1 pages. paper-covered boards, dust jacket. small 4to..