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: 10016
Estimated Value: $1,000
| Title: | National Magazine, or, A Political, Historical, Biographical and Literary Repository. |
| Category: | Politics |
| Volume: | 1 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Date: | June 1799 |
| Published in: | Richmond, VA |
| This very rare issue, in wrappers, of the first magazine published in Virginia contains ads and a prospectus not found in the bound volume. Its content includes the first magazine printing of the Virginia Constitution, “Kentucky Resolutions” attributed to Thomas Jefferson and much about the Alien and Sedition act, under which the brother of the editor, James Lyon, was brought to trial. | |