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Sale 2708 - Lot 157

Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
(PERIODICALS.) The Columbian Magazine, or Monthly Miscellany. Volume I, no. 1 and 2, bound with engraved collective title and preface and introduction leaves. 4 other plates. [4], 98, [2] pages. 8vo, disbound; minor foxing and wear. [Philadelphia], September and October 1786
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"The most ambitious project in magazine publication yet attempted in this country"--Evans 19565. Original articles include a life of General Nathanael Greene (complete in two parts), a long "Letter relative to the present state of China," and three letters quoting Biblical passages in Hebrew characters. The plates (all executed by James Trenchard) include a portrait of General Greene; the new arms and the great seal of the United States; and a "Plan of a Farm Yard." "The handsomest and one of the most important magazines in the 18th century, profusely and magnificently illustrated. . . . A truly remarkable record of 18th century American culture"--Lomazow 19.

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