
THE MONTHLY MAGAZINE
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These
volumes gathering multiple issues of this 18th-century English magazine
are NOT PRETTY. They are fragile or broken
to the point where we have felt it wise to put them into archival paper
"phase boxes" for safe keeping on the shelf. BUT!
they are full of interesting matter and, they are priced
according to their condition, not their attractive contents.
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(English
Literary Periodical). The monthly magazine...Vol. XII. London:
R. Phillips, 1801. 8vo (22.5 cm, 9"). 644 pp.
$150.00
The contents are indexed; among the items of interest in this particular volume
are a brief, skeptical analysis of the Ossian poems signed by one “Meirion,”
a report on education of the deaf and dumb, a letter to the editor protesting
the sport of bull-baiting, and news of a pregnant wife and mother who, in the
throes of depression (she had “evinced a disposition to be very low-spirited”
during her previous pregnancies), drowned herself and three of her children,
which act the writer considers a “most horrible example of a crime almost
new to human nature.”
Provenance:
Front pastedown with inked ownership inscription of Joshua Gilpin, a Quaker
from Philadelphia who established the first paper mill in Delaware, in 1787.
Disbound; marbled paper–covered boards much chipped and
worn, with joints cracking and large portions of spine leather lost or worn
down; sewing going, with some leaves separated. Some signatures uncut; page
edges untrimmed and in some cases browned. Occasional edge chips. Volume now
housed in a simple, acid-free phase box. (5149)
(English
Literary Periodical). The monthly magazine; or, British
register...Vol. XIX. Part I. for 1805. London: Richard Phillips, [1805]. 8vo (22.5
cm, 9"). [2], 719, [1 (blank)] pp.
$150.00
Among the items of interest in this particular volume are a biography of Kant,
an account of Jefferson’s inaugural speech, an Italian travelogue, reviews
of the newest portraits, and a publication announcement for a book of “Greek,
Albanian, Wallachian, Turkish, Arabian, Persian, Chinese, and Moorish national
Songs and Melodies” collected by Edward Jones, the Prince of Wales’s
bard.
Provenance:
Front pastedown with armorial bookplate (bearing the motto “Factis dictisque
simplex”: Make what you say simple) of Joshua Gilpin, a Quaker from
Philadelphia who established the first paper mill in Delaware, in 1787.
Paper-covered boards, worn and chipped, covers all but off,
leather lost over spine; sewing going, with many signatures loose. Edges untrimmed,
some signatures uncut; occasional offsetting or small spots, with pages mostly
clean. Now housed in a simple, acid-free phase box. (5147)
(English Literary Periodical). The monthly magazine; or, British register...Vol. XX. Part II. for 1805. London: Richard Phillips, [1805]. 8vo (22.5 cm, 9"). [2], 676 (lacking 61/62, 589–92 incorrectly numbered 587–90) pp.; fold. map.
$150.00
The contents are indexed; among the items of interest are a travelogue describing a journey along the Amazon and through Mexico, a letter to the editor regarding mistranslations of French words, a discussion of a Native American tribe allegedly of Welsh descent, and reviews of recently published works on history.
This volume contains one plate, an oversized folding map of Austria.
Provenance: From the collection of Joshua Gilpin, a Quaker from Philadelphia who established the first paper mill in Delaware, in 1787.
Paper-covered boards, much worn and abraded, with covers detached and spine leather chipped and cracking; now contained in a simple acid-free phase box. Edges untrimmed and, in some instances, ragged. Sewing loosening with some leaves separated; varying degrees of browning with pages otherwise generally clean. (5130)

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