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The Museum of Foreign Literature, Science and Art : Vol XXII : January to June, 1833 [and] Vol XXIII: July to December 1833

Littell, Eliakim and T Holden

Philadelphia: E Littell & T Holden, 1833.

Hardcover. Good+ with no dust jacket. Item #11989

Edgeworn, light tone with random foxing, plate toning, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcovers. ; Quarter leather morocco binding with marbled boards, gilt spine lettering and roll decor. Each volume has six plates; two in volume XXII are after Hogarth, two in same volume by William Keenan with four Keenan plates in the second volume. Progenitor of The Eclectic Magazine, begun in 1819, and assuming The Museum name in 1822. Founder Eliakim Littell and his brother Squier "were able, by judicious selection from the English magazines and reviews, and by the use of engraved portraits in each number, to achieve popularity for their periodical. The plates, which came to be a priced feature of the magazine, began in 1827, but were not published regularly until 1830; they added much to the attractiveness of the periodical. For some time there were a series of portraits chargées in outline by Keenan." - Frank Luther Mott; A History of American Magazines : 1741-1850, volume I, page 307. Volume XXIII changes the volume title to The Museum of Foreign Literature and Science, although the six monthly issues retain The Museum of Foreign Literature, Science and Art title. Interesting monthly American compilation of British magazine articles on literary, science, art and current events, with source details included as part of the volume index. ; 837; 716 pages.

Price: $99.95