The Steven Lomazow Collection of American Periodicals
One of the largest periodical collection of all time. The Steven Lomazow Collection consists of almost 30 thousand issues dating back to the early 1700's. A finer collection of periodical artwork you can't find any where else.
Local ID: 216
Estimated Value: $3000
| Title: | American Magazine and Historical Chronicle |
| Category: | 18th Century, Americana |
| Volume: | 1 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Date: | September 1743 |
| Published in: | Boston, MA |
| The fifth American periodical and the first of a nonreligious nature to be published over a period greater than one year. A miscellaneous magazine with some reprinted literature, closely modeled after “London Magazine.” This issue is in the original state with the prospectus. Later title pages are embellished with a woodcut of Boston Harbor by J. Turner. Scarce, especially in wrappers. | |