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: 394
Estimated Value: $600
| Title: | Arcturus, A Journal of Books and Opinion |
| Category: | Literary |
| Volume: | 1-2 |
| Issue: | 1-12 |
| Date: | December 1840 |
| Published in: | New York, NY |
| An ambitious, short-lived but important literary journal designed for ‘the cultivation of good literature, honest mirth and truth.’ It was edited by Evert Duyckink and Cornelius Matthews, and contains contributions by Longfellow, Hawthorne, and Lowell. It addressed fine arts, New York City life and had a hefty dose of satire. Essetially, the “New Yorker” of its era. Merged into “Boston Miscellany” (427). | |