The Australian Magazine; or, Compendium of Religious, Literary, and Miscellaneous Intelligence. Volume 1. For 1821.

A$30,000 · Offered by Douglas Stewart Fine Books

Limited edition

Sydney : Printed by Robert Howe, Government Printer, 1821. Volume 1, Number 1, May 1 1821, to Volume 1, Number 8, December 1, 1821 (i.e. the first eight issues). Octavo (190 x 125 mm), contemporary half calf over pink papered boards (heavily rubbed, with some surface loss), spine with contrasting red morocco title label lettered in gilt (expertly rebacked); pp. i-8 (including title-leaf with early ownership signature, Preface and Index), 1-256; edges with light spotting, contents clean and sound throughout, with the exception of pages 94-95 which have tearing and paper restoration (with a small amount of resultant text loss); a near-fine complete run of the first year s issues in a contemporary binding, with the specially printed title-leaf and other preliminaries bound in; housed in a custom cloth and leather slipcase. A historically significant bound volume containing the first eight issues (May to December 1821) of Australia s first periodical, The Australian Magazine . This shortlived publication, edited by Ralph Mansfield and printed by Robert Howe, went out of circulation in September 1822 after only fourteen issues. As the son of George Howe (1769-1821), who had printed the first book in Australia in 1802 ( The New South Wales General Standing Orders ) and Australia s first newspaper in 1803 (the first issue of the Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser ), Robert Howe (1795-1829) was a member of Australia s most important early publishing dynasty. The first issu

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