Lot 257

[Revere, Paul (1735-1818), engraver]. The Royal American Magazine, or Universal Repository of Instruction and Amusement. Volume I, for the Year 1774. Boston: Printed at Greenleaf's Printing Office in Union Street, January-December 1774.

Lot 257

Status:

Open

Estimate: $15,000 - $25,000

Estimate$15,000 – $25,000

Status

Open

[Revere, Paul (1735-1818), engraver]. The Royal American Magazine, or Universal Repository of Instruction and Amusement. Volume I, for the Year 1774. Boston: Printed at Greenleaf's Printing Office in Union Street, January-December 1774.

8vo (210 x 133 mm). 18 (of 19) engravings, 14 by Paul Revere. (Lacks preliminary leaf (pp.3-4 of January issue), pp.59-62 (February), pp.315-316 (August), the "Indian Gazette" plate by Callendar; two-thirds of "View from the Town of Boston" folding plate by Revere torn away, and some toning and spotting throughout, partial gutter tear to p. 63 cutting into text, offsetting, some restoration to verso of Sir Wilbraham Wentworth plate, occasional marginal losses.) Contemporary calf, spine in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, lettering-piece gilt (neatly rebacked preserving original spine, a few losses to spine and lettering piece); morocco-backed folding case. Provenance: Breck Parkman (1748-1825), colonial Minuteman and great-uncle of historian Francis Parkman (ownership inscription dated 1777 on front free endpaper); "The Library of a Distinguished American Book Collector" (Sotheby's, 4 June 2013, Sale N09029, Lot 131); acquired by William Reese.

A MOSTLY COMPLETE RUN OF "THE LAST OF THE PERIODICALS OF BOSTON UNDER THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNORS" WITH FOURTEEN ORIGINAL ENGRAVINGS BY PAUL REVERE, INCLUDING LIKENESSES OF SAMUEL ADAMS AND JOHN HANCOCK.

The Royal American Magazine was a short-lived monthly magazine published in Boston from January 1774 to March 1775. Its founder and first publisher, Isaiah Thomas (1749-1831), had previously printed the Massachusetts Spy. The paper was famously anti-British and eventually attracted the attention of Governor Thomas Hutchinson, who attempted to prosecute Thomas for printing it. Thomas then turned his attention to the Royal American Magazine, intended to be far more overtly supportive of the American patriot cause. These articles led to further harassment by colonial authorities, and Thomas eventually fled Boston for Worcester, leaving Joseph Greenleaf to continue publication alone. As tensions continued to grow, interest in the magazine waned, and publication was ceased altogether in March 1775. Thomas would write of the endeavor in 1810, "The general distress and commotion in the town, occasioned by the operation of the act of the British parliament to blockade the port of Boston, obliged [us] to discontinue it..." (History of Printing in America with a Biography of Printers... p.385).

RARE: We trace fewer than five mostly complete run of The Royal American Magazine sold at auction since 1880. Brigham, Paul Revere's Engravings, pp.79-92; Evans 13590; Stauffer, American Engravers 293, 296.

Property from the Estate of Ambassador J. William Middendorf II, Rhode Island

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Estimate$1,000 – $1,500

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Estimate$1,000 – $1,500

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Estimate$800 – $1,200

Current Bid$400

Status

Open

Property from the Estate of Ambassador J. William Middendorf II, Rhode Island

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