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THE HISTORICAL MAGAZINE, AND NOTES AND QUERIES CONCERNING THE ANTIQUITIES, HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY OF AMERICA. Volumes I–IX (1857–1865). Nine consecutive volumes. Boston & New York: C. Benjamin Richardson / Charles B. Richardson & Co. / John G. Shea. Edited by John Ward Dean (Volume I), George Folsom (Volume II) and John Gilmary Shea (Volumes III–IX). 8vo, modern matching red half morocco, gilt, with marbled sides; spines with four raised bands, ruled and decorated in gilt; black morocco spine labels, gilt; final three volumes with marbled page edges. Over 3500 pages; illustrated with occasional plates and text illustrations; indexes. A well-preserved set in an attractive binding. Occasional institutional stamps; near fine. A well-preserved set of the first nine volumes of this important publication, handsomely bound. 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" in Volume I. 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," J.R. McClintock's "Washington Cents," an overview of Edward Cogan's first coin sale, S.F. Streeter's "Sketch of the Early Currency in Maryland and Virginia," a three-page version of Charles I. Bushnell's "An Historical Account of the First Three Business Tokens Issued in the City of New York" (illustrated with cuts of the Motts token and two Talbot, Allum and Lee tokens), one of the earliest published articles on the die varieties of 1793 cents, Fisk P. Brewer's "The Earliest New York Token" (which brought the "New Yorke in America" token held in the Royal Museum in The Hague to the attention of U.S. numismatists), Henry A. Homes's "Observations on the Design and Import of Medals," a report on the prices realized at Woodward's fifth semiannual sale (Levick et al.), reviews of Bushnell's Arrangement of Tradesmen's Cards and Hickcox's History of American Coinage, various short numismatic notes and queries, reports on the meetings of the Boston Numismatic Society, Rhode Island Numismatic Society, and American Numismatic Society, etc. A wonderful set. Attinelli 109. Ex Syd Martin Library.