The American magazine, [electronic resource] : containing a miscellaneous collection of original and other valuable essays, in prose and verse, ...

American magazine (New York, N.Y.).

The American magazine, for

New York [New York] : printed by Samuel Loudon, and sold for the printer, by Messieurs Berry and Rogers, Mr. R. Hodge, Mr. S. Campbell, Mr. T. Allen, and Mr. T. Greenleaf, 1787-1788.

United States -- New York -- New York.

English

12 v., plates (some fold) :$bmap ; 8⁰.

Monthly

[No. I.] December, 1787.-
Ceased in 1788?

Editor: Noah Webster, junior (cf. Evans).
Title page includes table of contents.
Imprint lacks date; year of publication from date of issue.
Issued with wrapper which includes title, issue number and date on front cover, advertisements on other pages.
Imprints vary; from Jan. 1788, imprint includes added names of Mr. F. Childs and Mr. J. Reid in New York, and booksellers in seven other cities; in Mar. 1788: "Printed by S. and J. Loudon", with extended list of booksellers.
Title and date of issue repeated as caption on first page of text.
Note in Nov. 1788 announces that a title change and expansion of the magazine are proposed for Feb. 1789.
Issues include: moral fiction, travel, curiosities, descriptions of unusual or exotic places, biographical anecdotes, poetry. A secion of European and American current events, marriages and deaths concludes each issue.
Reproduction of original from British Library.

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Evans, 7:20191
Sabin, 1135
English Short Title Catalog, P2796.

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

Contents table for the preceding year appears at end of Nov. 1788 issue.

Intended to be continued as: The American magazine, and Universal register.

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