(NEW YORK CITY) [Livingston William; editor] The Independent

Sale 2163 - Lot 216

Price Realized: $ 3,600

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Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000

(NEW YORK CITY.) [Livingston, William; editor]. The Independent Reflector. [5], 212, 4, 4 pages. Issues I through LII, complete as issued; bound with pages 27-31 of the "Preface" (first 13 leaves torn out) and issues I and III (of only 4 published) of the similar Occasional Reverberator, 7 and 21 September 1753. Folio, contemporary calf, worn; hinges split, moderate foxing throughout, slight water damage in center of volume, pages 35-6 and 125-6 torn out, ink burns on pages 101-2; early owner's inscriptions. New York: James Parker, 30 November 1752 to 22 November 1753

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The work of an early crusading New York journalist, touching mostly on local subjects such as road taxes, dishonest lawyers, election fraud, and the controversial charter for what became Columbia University (see "Remarks on our Intended College," comprising most of numbers XVII through XXI). "The last issue was that of Nov. 22 1753, no. 52, after which it was suppressed by the authorities. Livingston then brought out a title-page and a preface"--Brigham page 653, 674. The last complete set offered at auction appears to have been by Rosenbach in 1917. Evans 6866; Sabin 34452.