Picturesque America title page with waterfall engraving, New York, D. Appleton & Co. Publishers – Vintage Print
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A window into the past: Picturesque America title page with waterfall engraving, New York, D. Appleton & Co. Publishers, preserved in this antique engraving. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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Picturesque America title page with waterfall engraving, New York, D. Appleton & Co. Publishers
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The title page of *Picturesque America* leads with an engraved waterfall, a decorative choice that signals what the two-volume work promised: scenic landscapes rendered for readers who would never see them in person. Published in New York by D. Appleton & Co. in the early 1870s, the book gathered illustrations and essays on the nation's rivers, mountains, coasts and towns, drawing on wood engravings after sketches by working artists. Its title page reflects the era's taste for wilderness views as a mark of national pride, and the engraved style is worth noticing for its fine line work and the way it frames the falls as a scene of natural grandeur.
| Original scan | 1,500 × 2,224 px · prints to 5 × 7 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 0C Title1 |
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