[Rarebooks] FS: ECLECTIC MAGAZINE 1849-1855.

[Kaaterskill Books]

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Bidwell, W. H., ed. THE ECLECTIC MAGAZINE OF FOREIGN LITERATURE, 
SCIENCE AND ART. 1849 -1855. VOLUMES XVI, NO. I - XXXVI, NO. IV. (21 
VOLUMES). New York: 1849-1855. Illus. with b/w engravings. Sm. 4to. 
(18 cm. x 25 cm.). Half-bound leather over marbled boards; raised 
bands; five panels with gilt fillets and floral embellishments; gilt 
titles. Marbled endpapers. Speckled edges. There were slight 
variations in the bindings over the years; most but not all volumes 
have marbled endpapers. After 1851 the gilt embellishments were 
slightly more elaborate though very close in style to the earlier 
volumes and the titles became a bit bolder. Each volume contains four 
issues.

The Eclectic Magazine, started in 1845, was part of a trend in 
publishing international opinions and reviews both due to growing 
public interest and because the original copyright holders were often 
not paid royalties. This set covers one of the most vibrant periods 
in both American and English literature. Aside from the reviews and 
discussions of English works, and the four high quality engravings 
per volume, and the hundred of articles on everything from the ascent 
of Mont Blanc to the Raj to British railroads, there are early 
reviews and discussions of Cooper, Melville, Hawthorne, Poe, and 
Emerson, many icons of what would later be called the American 
Renaissance. Some rubbing and scuffing to spines, corners, and edges, 
occasional scuffed boards, scattered foxing, but otherwise a very 
good tight and clean set which is uncommon in such a long consecutive 
early run.  [15711] $1000.00

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Charles Kutcher
Kaaterskill Books
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