The American Whig Review (1851)

New York: D.W. Holly, 1851.

Price: $100.00

Softcover. 5 loose monthly issues in original wrappers: February; April-July, 1851. All five issues are illustrated with an engraved frontispiece plate: including portraits of Henry Clay of Kentucky, Joseph B. Cobb of Mississippi, and scientist Benjamin Silliman. Dust soiling and scattered foxing, most wrappers have scattered short tears along the spines and edges, good only overall. A collection of five loose issues of America’s preeminent journal devoted to politics and literature. Contents include several important literary reviews, including a review of William Wordsworth’s “The Prelude, or Growth of a Poet’s Mind,” and the Memoirs of Wordsworth. Also included is an article on the Fugitive Slave Law in the May issue.

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Item #457734 The American Whig Review (1851)