Kolbe & Fanning
Auction 165 3 Dec 2022
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First Volume of the Historical Magazine
THE HISTORICAL MAGAZINE, AND NOTES AND QUERIES CONCERNING THE ANTIQUITIES, HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY OF AMERICA. Volume I (Boston: C. Benjamin Richardson, 1857). Twelve issues, complete. Edited by John Ward Dean. 8vo, original printed paper covers. 380, iv pages. Rear cover of one issue mostly missing. Housed within a cloth folder in an attractive brown quarter morocco slipcase; spine with five raised bands, lettered in gilt. Near fine. Mostly inscribed in ink by Henry McCollum on the upper covers. The Historical Magazine was an early source of numismatic information, and is mentioned in the "Introductory" of the first issue of the American Journal of Numismatics as being one of the primary American sources for information on coins. It featured articles by a number of prominent numismatists, reviewed numismatic books and reported on the various societies. Articles of particular note include what numismatic historian Joel J. Orosz has called "the first illustrated piece published in a U.S. magazine on a numismatic theme," Jeremiah Colburn's "First Coinage in America." Other significant pieces include Colburn's "English Coins Struck for the American Colonies, Coins Issued by the Several States and by the Federal Government Previous to the Establishment of the Mint in 1792," articles on Pine Tree shillings, the dollar sign, Virginia halfpennies, Washington cents, etc. Attinelli 109. Ex Kolbe Sale 100, lot 467; ex Cardinal Collection Library.
Estimate: 100 USD
THE HISTORICAL MAGAZINE, AND NOTES AND QUERIES CONCERNING THE ANTIQUITIES, HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY OF AMERICA. Volume I (Boston: C. Benjamin Richardson, 1857). Twelve issues, complete. Edited by John Ward Dean. 8vo, original printed paper covers. 380, iv pages. Rear cover of one issue mostly missing. Housed within a cloth folder in an attractive brown quarter morocco slipcase; spine with five raised bands, lettered in gilt. Near fine. Mostly inscribed in ink by Henry McCollum on the upper covers. The Historical Magazine was an early source of numismatic information, and is mentioned in the "Introductory" of the first issue of the American Journal of Numismatics as being one of the primary American sources for information on coins. It featured articles by a number of prominent numismatists, reviewed numismatic books and reported on the various societies. Articles of particular note include what numismatic historian Joel J. Orosz has called "the first illustrated piece published in a U.S. magazine on a numismatic theme," Jeremiah Colburn's "First Coinage in America." Other significant pieces include Colburn's "English Coins Struck for the American Colonies, Coins Issued by the Several States and by the Federal Government Previous to the Establishment of the Mint in 1792," articles on Pine Tree shillings, the dollar sign, Virginia halfpennies, Washington cents, etc. Attinelli 109. Ex Kolbe Sale 100, lot 467; ex Cardinal Collection Library.
Estimate: 100 USD