The American Magazine, Containing a Miscellaneous Collection of Original and Other Valuable Essays, in Prose and Verse,; and Calculated Both for Instruction and Amusement. Issues 1 - 8 (of 12)
By WEBSTER, Noah], ed., et al.
Illustrated with 2 plates (one torn and one edgeworn) and 1 table (torn and with some paper loss). 602 pages with continuous pagination. Thick 8vo, contemporary leather-backed boards with red label (well-worn but sound and attractive). New York: Printed by Samuel Loudon, and sold for the printer, by Messieurs Berry and Rogers, Hodge, Campbell, Allen, and Greenleaf, December 1787 - July 1788. 8 (of 12 issues) bound together. First editions. Some light toning and foxing and a handful of contemporary ink marginalia, still a very good copy of these scarce American periodicals, edited by Noah Webster. OCLC list NO physical copies in any library. Issues include: moral fiction, curiosities, travel, descriptions of unusual or exotic places, science, religion, biographical anecdotes, poetry, etc. A section of European and American current events, marriages and deaths concludes each issue.
Published by: Samuel Loudon, New York, 1787
Vendor: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB
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By WEBSTER, Noah], ed., et al.
Illustrated with 2 plates (one torn and one edgeworn) and 1 table (torn and with some paper loss). 602 pages with continuous pagination. Thick 8vo, contemporary leather-backed boards with red label (well-worn but sound and attractive). New York: Printed by Samuel Loudon, and sold for the printer, by Messieurs Berry and Rogers, Hodge, Campbell, Allen, and Greenleaf, December 1787 - July 1788. 8 (of 12 issues) bound together. First editions. Some light toning and foxing and a handful of contemporary ink marginalia, still a very good copy of these scarce American periodicals, edited by Noah Webster. OCLC list NO physical copies in any library. Issues include: moral fiction, curiosities, travel, descriptions of unusual or exotic places, science, religion, biographical anecdotes, poetry, etc. A section of European and American current events, marriages and deaths concludes each issue.
Published by: Samuel Loudon, New York, 1787
Vendor: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB
