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: 3611
Estimated Value: $400
| Title: | Pictorial National Library. A Monthly Miscellany Of The Useful And Entertaining in Science, Art And Literature |
| Category: | Miscellany |
| Volume: | 1-2 |
| Issue: | 6 |
| Date: | July 1848 – June 1849 |
| Published in: | Boston, MA |
| An early attempt at a profusely illustrated monthly. It contains articles on the California gold rush, the earliest magazine appearances of Horatio Alger, Jr. (November 1849) and an early reprint of Poe’s “The Black Cat.” | |