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(PERIODICALS.) The American Museum. Occasional text illustrations. 10 (of 12) volumes: Volumes I and III through XI. 8vo, contemporary tree calf, minor wear, original spine labels present; lacking the two folding plates in Volume V, intermittent foxing, minimal wear; each with subscriber's name on title page, and modern defunct foundation bookplate on front pastedown. Philadelphia: Mathew Carey, 1787-92 issues (printed 1788-93)
A run of the original volumes of this seminal American magazine. The negotiations over the United States Constitution are a central focus of the early volumes. The Bill of Rights is printed in the second appendix of Volume VII. Other highlights include the "Address of the Hebrew Congregation in Newport, Rhode-Island, to the President of the United States of America, August 17, 1790" in an appendix to Volume IX, page 40.
This volume is a mixed edition. Volumes I and III consist mostly of stated second and third-edition issues printed from 1788 to 1793. Volumes IV through XI are all first editions.
Volume V was apparently bound without the famous slave trade engraving, "Plan of an African Ship's Lower Deck," which was published as part of the May 1789 issue and is not found here. Nor do we find the frontispiece of the March 1789 issue, "Chart of the Gulf Stream." The November 1789 issue features an engraving of a young enslaved child from Maryland who was born without arms.
