The Ariel. A Literary Gazette. Volume 1 & 2 Complete (total of 52 issues).
Philadelphia: Ellwood Walter, May 5, 1827-1829.
Price: $550.00
About the item
A Bi-montly miscellany of Literature and News. Volume 1, Issue 1 has frontispiece (reprinted from "Analectic Magazine" to accompany a biographical sketch of Meriwether Lewis. Vol. 1 No. 4 has frontis. of The late residence of Mr. Rapp, New Harmony, Ind. (now Mr. Owen's "a scheming celebrity"). Frontispiece "Simon Snyder Governor of Pennsylvania " at Vol. 1. No. 9; Vol. 1 No. 16, frontis. "View on the Susquehannah". Vol. 1 No. 20 frontis. "Abbey of Boyle" . Vol 2. No 1 "Harper's Ferry." Large loss at pp. 11-13 (lower half), 65 and 124 in volume I. pp. 51 & 52 missing Corners of pp. 1 (small), 43, 49, 61 and 146 missing with loss to text. Plates at pp. 24 and 156 colored in, plate at p. 200 missing. 4to. Quarter contemporary red morocco and marbled boards, with L.A. Rowland stamped in gilt at the bottom of the spine by the owner who has signed his name internally as well at Vol. 2 p.114. Sloane pp. 16-17; Kribbs 88.
Item #313525
Includes "2 very early stories (Volume 2, January, 24 (p. 160 & Feburary 1829) promoting the legend of Davy Crockett."
